Originally Posted By: digitalSniperX1
Being consistent with Gary's 'economic theories' whereas anyone making positive gains in a down economy is a LAG (euphemism for leech or blood sucker) on the system, how could you possibly deserve anything other than a loss in these times?
Not necessarily so ..but given the major "economic fads" ...it's like a lottery where, like most, the least capable end up with the most costs and damage.
Some think that this is a good thing, but not necessarily in those terms. That is, the most savvy and capable do deserve the best and the most, but may be lowlifes and vampires in the modalities that they acquire wealth.
There is no creation of wealth if there is a net loss. Now if you show me how you actually did some good and were a true gainful producer in the midst of the milking ..personally made more people better off then you drained in assets in the process ..then that would be worth more examination.
Would you do something immoral or purposely harm a mass of fellow humans for gain? Would you proudly proclaimed that your bounty and gain is the product of others suffering and that you're delighted to see their demise since it was the principle enabler to your elevation (this is a question for everyone except Tempest. I know his answer
)?
While I don't seriously think that you'll say anything like that, it would be very hard to deny that (and this assumes that you came out of this well and aren't truly just another victim in the shakedown) the instrument of your gain was corrupt.. and had assured loss and suffering as an outcome. Designed and executed with known failure for most.
So, while not evil ..you saw none, spoke none, and heard no evil until (maybe) it fell upon you (if it did).
About right? ..or were you just drunk with the euphoric bliss and temporary seduced by the sirens?
All I need from anyone in this tract here is a "Yeah. So?
". It's the intellectualization that's the most compelling element here in my seeking of insight.
While surely not everyone who gained are blood sucking leaches ..the whole enterprise was corrupt and was easily identifiable as such. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed and saw the writing on every new wall that's constructed for this purpose. Assuming that you actually deserve the gain you've acquired, I'd surely have to assume that you did too.
Now some will cite "risk" and the gains earned for taking them. In our contemporary context, this essentially breaks down to dancing with the devil for a round or two ..and being slick enough not to lose your soul in the process. Aka: knowing when to quit dancing.
