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Lamplighter · 10-18-2011, 01:49 PM

[quote=henry quirk;764830<snip>
"The sad part is the wealthy-wanabees who don't realize they too are in 99%."

If directed at me: I have no interest in being rich...too much work, too much baggage...
I prefer what I have: solitary, anonymous, minimalistic, autonomy...
I own little and am owned by little.

Your mistake, Lamp: assuming I admire the rich...
I don't admire them or find them distasteful...
they simply 'are' (and they're not going anywhere).
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HQ, I don't think I assumed you "admire the rich", or even directed the comment at you, in particular.
But your assertions do, in fact, set up a fatalistic defense... (i.e., Be afraid, very afraid)
and so secures you to them, but still outside the 1% castle wall.

Advocating a solitary , anonymous, minimalistic, autonomy may be your preference... So be it.

But in a so-called real world, the other end of the distribution usually doesn't work out so well,
mainly because it's is not as "autonomous" as might be believed.

10-18-2011, 01:49 PM	#13
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	[quote=henry quirk;764830<snip> "The sad part is the wealthy-wanabees who don't realize they too are in 99%." If directed at me: I have no interest in being rich...too much work, too much baggage... I prefer what I have: solitary, anonymous, minimalistic, autonomy... I own little and am owned by little. Your mistake, Lamp: assuming I admire the rich... I don't admire them or find them distasteful... they simply 'are' (and they're not going anywhere). <snip> [/QUOTE] HQ, I don't think I assumed you "admire the rich", or even directed the comment at you, in particular. But your assertions do, in fact, set up a fatalistic defense... (i.e., Be afraid, very afraid) and so secures you to them, but still outside the 1% castle wall. Advocating a solitary , anonymous, minimalistic, autonomy may be your preference... So be it. But in a so-called real world, the other end of the distribution usually doesn't work out so well, mainly because it's is not as "autonomous" as might be believed.