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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Rockadelic</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">BobDesperado</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Rockadelic</strong> said:</div><div>A percentage of this country looks at the uber rich as greedy and evil.<br />
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	A bigger percentage looks up to them as successful.</div></blockquote>
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	There are plenty of rich people who aren't greedy and evil.<br />
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	Then there are rich people who would happily steal the last dime from a homeless guy, or who don't give a shit if people die in order to make them a few extra dollars.<br />
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	People like Don Blankenship of Massey Mining, for example: <br />
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	http://www.bnet.com/blog/clean-energy/what-mining-disaster-massey-ceo-blames-regulation-for-low-profits/3154<br />
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	And this bastard:<br />
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	http://climateprogress.org/2010/08/03/rand-paul-mine-safety-regulations-jobs/<br />
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	Yeah, they're successful, but I'd say that anyone who "looks up" to pricks like them is severely defective.</div></blockquote>
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	Sure....there are evil assholes at every income level....but we've learned not to judge a class/race/group of people based on a lowest common denominator....or at least we've been taught not to.</div></blockquote>
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	Where such is concerned I'm mostly self-taught.  And my knowledge of history tells me that rich people have an incredible ability to ignore whatever horrific things happen to the poor in any society.<br />
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	Even a total atheist like me sees the wisdom in the biblical comment about rich men, camels, and the eye of a needle.<br />
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	I don't think greedy, shitty rich people are the lowest common denominator among the rich.  I think they're right smack in the mainstream in that particular group.  And yes, so are incredibly generous people who do a lot of good.<br />
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	I've known people of both sorts.  I'm sure you have, too.

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