[henry quirk]

"That someone (not you and not me), has the power and the money. We can't do anything about it, nor should we want or try to, so we might as well bend over and spread 'em."


There will always be hurricanes...certainly no one with a clear head believes sitting on the coast and whining will deter a hurricane, yes?

The 'rich' aren't a hurricane, but they always 'are'...navigate them as you can, depend on them as little as you can, destroy them as you can (and if you like), but don't pretend the 'rich' will move and give and sympathize because occupants sit on the stoop and whine.

Like every one: the rich are self-interested...again: within a very narrow context they are simply more successful at satisfying self-interest (in whatever fashion that self-interest expresses itself in any given individual).

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"As well as...justice and fairness have no place in business (society?). Lying, cheating, stealing, and any other means of obtaining what you want are perfectly fine. Again, he who has the money has the power and those without need to STFU and get over it."


Fictions can be useful and have whatever place you make for them...just keep in mind the other guy may not share your sentiment.

As for STFU: perhaps instead of 'talking', the occupants should 'do'.

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"Who cares? Everything is irrelevant and pointless anyway."


What's important to you 'is' important to you...again: be aware the other guy may not share your sentiments.

Each and every one will order and discharge his or her life as he or she chooses (according to personal preference and inherent inclination).

This includes the each of the 'rich' and the 'poor'.

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"I never said anything about fairness."


Not directly, no, but you did speak about the dangers of exceeding "a limit to where it hurts the country as a whole", the limit being a part of "socioeconomic systems favoring the rich"

Unless I'm mistaken, Like Dana, you point out the increasing disparity between 'rich' and 'poor', yes? A disparity that is "bad for the country” because "the actions of a few" hurt many...from this I infer inequity or 'unfairness' with the obvious solution (though you never pin one down) being a restoration of some kind of 'fairness'.

Did I read too much into your post?

If so: I apologize.

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"If you wish an actual paper depiction of your Award..."


No thanks. Considering it's 'your' award, it probably wouldn't even make very good toilet paper, which is about the only use such a thing has.