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Can a cat be worth $97 million? The Real You: Personality Poll
From: $1,661.87 in cats (ROCKETMAN_S)
May-25
Showtalk said:It’s an illusion people who want more money don’t understand.
And it's an illusion that many industries have their whole business model built on parting people who want more money from what little they have.
From: WALTER784
May-25
LOL...
That reminds me of a brand new Japanese single album that just recently came out with the title "Count what you have... not what you want/expect"!
FWIW
- Edited May 25, 2023 2:04 am by WALTER784
From: Showtalk
May-26
Yes, that is true, they are about making money over offering anything of value.
From: $1,661.87 in cats (ROCKETMAN_S)
May-29
Showtalk said:Yes, that is true, they are about making money over offering anything of value.
Sometime around 1978 or so, I saw the phrase coined "churning wealth" is what those kind do, while the real working people who do real jobs, are those who create wealth.
From: Showtalk
May-29
Yes. The government doesn’t create wealth either. It’s a misconception that is hard to explain to those who haven’t learned that. Only those who produce definable products create wealth in a country. The rest offer support services of one type or another. Both are needed for a society to thrive.
From: $1,661.87 in cats (ROCKETMAN_S)
May-29
Showtalk said:. Only those who produce definable products create wealth in a country. The rest offer support services of one type or another. Both are needed for a society to thrive.
And when the support services become overbearing and essentially "muzzle the ox that treads the grain", where a managerial state exploits those who create wealth and keep most of it for themselves, that leads to the kind of instability that can bring about revolution, often of a Communist or dictatorial / punitive situation. Witness the Khymer Rouge, Kim Jong Un, and of course the Bolshevik Revolution. And sometimes it breaks in a different branch of the crossroads, such as what came after the Weimar Republic.
From: Showtalk
May-30
Chinese dissidents tried but were shot and stopped.
- Edited May 30, 2023 4:30 pm by Showtalk
From: $1,661.87 in cats (ROCKETMAN_S)
Jun-4
Showtalk said:Chinese dissidents tried but were shot and stopped.
Exactly what happens in places where there is no Second Amendment. And even then, if a government keeps the entire population under total surveillance from cradle to grave, with cameras and artificial intelligence watching for anything that might potentially not follow the regime to the letter, it will result in generations of misery until things crumble under its own weight because of the chilling effect caused by fear of punishment.
Cue malicious compliance multiplied millions of times over, which is how to undermine the regime with a smile on one's face and demonstrating one followed all the rules to the letter.