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Originally posted by xXxinfidelxXx
reply to post by mrperplexed
If you really were who you say you are, you would be dead already if what you knew was important enough to be revealed here. You, sir, are not going to be able to tell me anything I don't already know, I bet.
Originally posted by mrperplexed
Originally posted by VerityPhantom
What's the easiest way of getting rich in this paradigm you and the elite have created? I want to know so I can exploit it and start doing some good for the world!
Serve their interests in a way that makes them money - which in turn you get a piece of.
Originally posted by VerityPhantom
Originally posted by mrperplexed
Originally posted by VerityPhantom
What's the easiest way of getting rich in this paradigm you and the elite have created? I want to know so I can exploit it and start doing some good for the world!
Serve their interests in a way that makes them money - which in turn you get a piece of.
Okay good answer so far... So what exactly are their interests?
Originally posted by sykonot
reply to post by mrperplexed
I just have one question.
How many houses did they own?
Originally posted by mrperplexed
It has been brought to my attention that as good as my intentions are, I am not really ready to contribute something of significance on this thread. While all my answers have been honest, I feel that I cannot give a "smoking gun" or conspiracy link that people are looking for. It was never my intention to do so, and in fact most of my answers as you see have been rather mundane.
In order to preserve the integrity of any of my future postings, I wish to stop answering any more questions until I can get a clearer sense of what I really want to say, if anything more.
Thank you all for taking interest, I will be replying to U2U's that I can give clear answers on, but I am only wasting peoples time if I have to give vague answers to protect identities.
Thank you all again.
R
Originally posted by mrperplexed
It has been brought to my attention that as good as my intentions are, I am not really ready to contribute something of significance on this thread. While all my answers have been honest, I feel that I cannot give a "smoking gun" or conspiracy link that people are looking for. It was never my intention to do so, and in fact most of my answers as you see have been rather mundane.
In order to preserve the integrity of any of my future postings, I wish to stop answering any more questions until I can get a clearer sense of what I really want to say, if anything more.
Thank you all for taking interest, I will be replying to U2U's that I can give clear answers on, but I am only wasting peoples time if I have to give vague answers to protect identities.
Thank you all again.
R
Originally posted by mrperplexed
Drank the cool-aid in what? What was your skill and type of business? How were you screwed over etc.? Your going to have to do a lot better then that. if you can't even tell us that then this is BS and your just seeking attention.
I thought that this was my chance to get a piece of the pie.
I drank the cool aid meaning I bought in to everything hook, line, and sinker. The lifestyle, the excess, the power really. It was like a courtship where I felt like the gushing girl being swooned. I felt lucky to have a seat at the table and take part, it felt bigger than me. As mentioned in other posts my background is technology and the business was emerging technology that posed to make a ton of cash because it was meeting a need that was coming into high demand, almost over night.
I was screwed over because a vast majority of my compensation was equity. To the point I was cutting my own hair, and taking diet pills to skip meals just to make ends meet. But this was ok at the time because the "perks" were worth it... for instance private jet....such a weird contrast right? And honestly on paper I was looking pretty good. And when things were good, they were great, but when it came time for me to be fully vested and realize all the hard work has paid off... I think they had an evaluation and decided I wasnt worth the million or so it would have netted me.. Instead they thought that money would be better repurposed for equity in another funding round for investors and thus was terminated... I was threatened to sign everything away or be sued to oblivion. I really wanted to stand up for myself and tell them to # off, but practicality came in. I regret it to this day and it is only now apparent that part of why I am doing this is to reclaim my voice in this world.
Originally posted by mrperplexed
It has been brought to my attention that as good as my intentions are, I am not really ready to contribute something of significance on this thread. While all my answers have been honest, I feel that I cannot give a "smoking gun" or conspiracy link that people are looking for. It was never my intention to do so, and in fact most of my answers as you see have been rather mundane.
In order to preserve the integrity of any of my future postings, I wish to stop answering any more questions until I can get a clearer sense of what I really want to say, if anything more.
Thank you all for taking interest, I will be replying to U2U's that I can give clear answers on, but I am only wasting peoples time if I have to give vague answers to protect identities.
Thank you all again.
R
Originally posted by mrperplexed
I thought this might be a topic of interest to some. I am in the unique position of being a former business partner with an influential top 2% net worth family. I had access to their personal lives in a very candid way, and other "elite" families as well. I am no longer in association with them, but I thought this would be a unique opportunity for me retrospectively answer any questions, dispel myths, and validate speculation on the on goings of how a family with this much influence conducts their lives.
I have no agenda for this, other than to, through your questions, see if I can retrospectively shed a new light on my tenure and hopefully connect some dots that I myself are having a hard time with.
I will not mention the family or any personal details that will lead to identity - so don't ask specifics.
But other than that - It was a hell of a ride, so ask away!
edit on 24-2-2012 by mrperplexed because: grammar