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Originally posted by grapesofraft
I think it is just a matter of being jealous of people who have developed the skills to be successful, while some people are incapable or unwilling to do what it takes to succeed.
Originally posted by grapesofraft
reply to post by _Phoenix_
I am of the belief that we all suffer bad luck from time to time, but that people who succeed use it as a way to improve themselves whereas people that fail use it as an excuse as to why they have failed.
Originally posted by grapesofraft
I always here people complaining about the "Elite" controlling the world and holding us all back. That is just ridiculous. We live in a country that is full of opportunity. Why is it that a person can come here from a foreign country and become successful, if there is some group of people that are holding everyone back? Why is it that a kid could leave high school or college and start a business and become wildly successful, if we are held down by the Powers that Be?
I think it is just a matter of being jealous of people who have developed the skills to be successful, while some people are incapable or unwilling to do what it takes to succeed.
So tell me why is there so much hate of people who succeed, and why do you consider them a threat to you. Why do you call them the elite, when they are no different from you other than the fact that they have greater accomplishments?
Originally posted by _Phoenix_
Originally posted by grapesofraft
reply to post by _Phoenix_
e.g alright singer gets super famous, but an amazing singer who sings writes and plays her own music doesnt get so far because she's not as attractive or doesn't have that right look they are looking for.
Wrong! Because people are not just jealous of the superficial. A lot of people envy the inner beauty, inner richness too.
Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and am proud of it.
Originally posted by tamusan
I do not dislike any of those who have earned their wealth. I have a problem with the ones who are born into money.
They control a HUGE part of the American economy. And it's not about money either. They control land, resources etc. These people live like you can't even imagine. Not only do they directly control certain aspects of the economy they have a HUGE amount of influence in politics. Just take the economy for example. The Federal Reserve is run by private banks of which Citigroup and JPMorgan are two of the biggest. Who the hell do you think owns a majority of stake in these two banks? The Rockefeller family. The Rockefeller family's influence is so far reaching it's ridiculous. And there are hundreds of families in the US that exert as much influence as them.