I’ll choose failure over success and being poor over being rich every day of the week. Because being rich and successful in this world means hurting people. It also breeds arrogance, corruption, greed and a lack of responsibility and accountability. - ThreadSky

ivanasstaircam.bsky.social • 16 days ago

I’ll choose failure over success and being poor over being rich every day of the week.

Because being rich and successful in this world means hurting people. It also breeds arrogance, corruption, greed and a lack of responsibility and accountability.

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pumpsandgears.bsky.social•16 days ago

I agree with a lot of your posts. But not all 1%'s are as you say. I have relatives that are successful lawyers and entrepreneurs that at fighting like hell to keep our democracy. They are humble "salt of the earth" people. They exist, but we do not hear about them because they are not asshats.

cowgirl52.bsky.social•16 days ago

🤣😂

ivanasstaircam.bsky.social•16 days ago

Are they billionaires?

pumpsandgears.bsky.social•16 days ago

No, just run of the mill multimillionaires. I do know one billionaire. He is in fact an asshat.

boomerbag.bsky.social•16 days ago

And never having enough, never truly happy.

auntcindy.bsky.social•16 days ago

Well. I’ve known a few wealthy, successful folk. Truly decent. You wouldn’t have known their wealth by the way they lived - comfortably middle class. The big luxury were college educations for their kids. Only those who glanced at the names of major donors to wonderful organizations would know…

derzeitreisende.bsky.social•16 days ago

Well said.

patga.bsky.social•16 days ago

I've been poor and do not want to go back to that ever again, comfortable middle where I don't have to worry about where my next meal is going to come or worry if the lights will go off is enough for me. I want to make sure my kids are comfortable and not struggling. Fuck billionaires.

tresaharbin.bsky.social•16 days ago

There are a few millionaires that aren't arrogant and greedy. We have a client that you wouldn't have a clue what he has, and he just gave two of his employees 48% of his business, no money exchanged. He donates to the degree of audits regularly. These people are few & far between though.

ivanasstaircam.bsky.social•16 days ago

The gap between millionaires and billionaires is epic. A million dollars isn’t a ton of money these days.

When people say eat the rich, they aren’t talking about millionaires.

sewsimply.bsky.social•16 days ago

It doesn’t always. Look what Linda Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Dolly Parton, Melanie Perkins, Oprah, Barbara Streisand &the Carters have done. I’m sure there are others I’m not immediately aware of, many quietly working in their local communities making a discernible difference.

janeknowsshit.bsky.social•16 days ago

Oprah is benevolent when it's all about Oprah. Please.

paulaintulsaok.bsky.social•16 days ago

Female to male ratio there definitely checks out

enragedapostate.bsky.social•16 days ago

Note that Elon Musk fashions himself an improvement upon Adolf Hitler & his Nazis to lead those whom he considers the True Übermensch, the rightful masters to rule over the little people.

enragedapostate.bsky.social•16 days ago

These are small philosophical quibbles, but considering the meaning of "success", no one can be thought "successful" if what they do is hurt people, if they are arrogant, corrupt, irresponsible or accountable.

Keep up the fight

cowgirl52.bsky.social•16 days ago

I tried the rich thing and it didn't work for me!

toebit.bsky.social•16 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH8GoC7IBOM

ivanasstaircam.bsky.social•16 days ago

I see the capitalism and consumerism mindset in full swing with the comments while it continues to ravage our planet.

We need less than we think. Fear of never having enough makes people into “every man for himself” hoarders.

buckwylde.bsky.social•16 days ago

There’s a vast difference between having your needs met, living a comfortable lifestyle, and hoarding resources.

Behind every great fortune, throughout world history, lies enormous crimes against humanity. Obscene wealth begets obscene behavior.

iamthepaulina.bsky.social•16 days ago

I totally agree with you.
I also see we do have the power to stop and moderate this.
Stop your Consumerism. This society believes in buying unnecessary "stuff," but why? For many, consumerism is a way to cope with life. Trying to fill in something that is missing or incomplete inside.

crowlover.bsky.social•16 days ago

I have never known anyone with money to be happy. It is all they care about. It's sad.

enragedapostate.bsky.social•16 days ago

What a lovely drill-baby-drill-gas-prices-not-going-down Saturday morning...

If any of the 78 million mouth breathers who voted for President Musk have found their lives & lives of family up-ended...

...GOOD!

#Schadenfreude