The Wealthy REALLY ARE Different...

[RWebb]

CTV News | Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, you're rich

[HardDrive]

Greed is good. Greed works.

[dan88911]

It's the American way?
A by product of capitalism?

[dewolf]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

Greed is good. Greed works.

Really. Maybe for some...

Each year over 8 million people die because they are simply too poor to stay alive.
More than 800 million people go hungry every day.
The gross domestic product of the poorest 48 nations is less than the wealth of the world's three richest people.
Thirty-thousand children die every day due to hunger and treatable illnesses.
6 million children die every year before their fifth birthday, as a result of malnutrition.

[saxen]

In America or world? Be specific

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by saxen

In America or world? Be specific

well it's gotta be the world coz their ain't 800 million americans in total, let alone 800 million poor americans.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by svandamme

well it's gotta be the world coz their ain't 800 million americans in total, let alone 800 million poor americans.

Top 5: List of countries by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rank
Country
Population As of
% of world population
Source

1

China

1,347,350,000

December 31, 2011

19.26%

Official estimate


2

India

1,210,193,422

March 1, 2011

17.3%

Census result


3

United States

313,093,000

February 28, 2012

4.47%

Official population clock


4

Indonesia

237,641,326

May 1, 2011

3.4%

Census result


5

Brazil

192,376,496

July 1, 2011

2.75%

Official estimate

[widebody911]

I'd bet money (if I had any) that Americans don't have a lock on this behavior.

Here's the question: do they cheat and lie because they're rich (and know they can get away with it) or are they rich because they cheat and lie (socio-economic Darwinism)?

[scottbombedout]

Calling Pesto, calling Pesto......................

[Superman]

Cheating and lying are values we laud?

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Superman

Cheating and lying are values we laud?

Must be. Look at those who hold high political office.

[Icemaster]

Originally Posted by Superman

Cheating and lying are values we laud?

In the corporate social hierarchy, yes. It's mandatory to progress thru the ranks.

[dtool242]

Originally Posted by dewolf

Really. Maybe for some...

Each year over 8 million people die because they are simply too poor to stay alive.
More than 800 million people go hungry every day.
The gross domestic product of the poorest 48 nations is less than the wealth of the world's three richest people.
Thirty-thousand children die every day due to hunger and treatable illnesses.
6 million children die every year before their fifth birthday, as a result of malnutrition.

Thank god! Can you imagine how much more over-populated this world would be. Over-breeding is the root cause of those sorts of problems. If you can't feed 'em, don't breed 'em!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by dewolf

Really. Maybe for some...

Each year over 8 million people die because they are simply too poor to stay alive.
More than 800 million people go hungry every day.
The gross domestic product of the poorest 48 nations is less than the wealth of the world's three richest people.
Thirty-thousand children die every day due to hunger and treatable illnesses.
6 million children die every year before their fifth birthday, as a result of malnutrition.

Not in America. Our poor people drive cars, have homes, cable tv, cell phones, and an Xbox. Those are all God-given rights, aren't they?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by saxen

In America or world? Be specific

Originally Posted by svandamme

well it's gotta be the world coz their ain't 800 million americans in total, let alone 800 million poor americans.

He might be asking about the study in the link. There is nothing mentioned about world population in the linked article. Neither is there mentioned where the complete study took place, just that they pinned the blame on Mercedes drivers in San Francisco for part of it.

And out of the millions of people to be found just about anywhere except Anartica, they studied all of 1000 total. Probably the most worthless study of all time. Someone is probably working on a masters degree.

[BE911SC]

Money can't buy love. It can buy all the sex you need and tons of cool stuff. If happiness does not follow then something is wrong with you.

[Superman]

I do have, and have had, this concern. I adore ideas like personal responsibility, ambition, self-interest, that sort of thing. But I fear our values, in America, include rule-breaking, stepping on others' heads to climb higher, greed, etc. It is as if we admire sociopathic behavior.

[RWebb]

The study attributes that sort of behavior to the fact that those with lots of money do not need to be socially connected, and do not require what biologists call reciprocal altruism (term not used in the 2 news articles on the study I saw).

The study does not claim that the wealthy are genetically or developmentally different; indeed, the methodology involved very recent increases in wealth for part of it.

[porsche4life]

Tell you what, give me a few B and a few years and you boys can study my activity....

[motion]

This isn't rocket science... if you have a lot of money, you get to do pretty much whatever you want to do. There is always a price, but you can pay it. Others can't. Within reason.