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12clicks · 01-10-2004, 08:36 AM

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Originally posted by punkworld

Bullshit.

Beautiful people make more money

People that look rich make more money

I myself make a lot more money than most of my friends, although many of them work harder. Why? Because I got lucky with some business decisions.

Have you ever noticed that the managers who run companies into the ground are often paid millions a year? These are people that pretty much suck at what they do, who often got their jobs through good business connections. Quite a few are even corrupt and damage society more than they benefit it (does Enron ring a bell?).

An orthodontist makes 3 times as much as a normal dentist. The extra education he needs takes 1 to 2 years, and the required skill level is pretty much the same. Are you trying to tell me he works 3 times as hard?

The idea that society succeeds because of millionaires is ludicrous.
Without policemen, society would fall into anarchy.
Without teachers, kids would lack a basic education.
Without scientists, there would be no technology worth speaking of, and the whole modern society would be completely impossible.
Without stock traders, there wouldn't be any stock traders.

So are you saying that stock traders are more important to society than policemen?
Are you saying that plastic surgeons do society more good than schoolteachers?
Are you even seriously considering the thought that basketball players do society more good than scientists?

Sure, capitalism has it's benefits. But thinking money is an objective standard of hard work, talent and beneficiality to society is just plain stupid.

<i>The use of quantity of money as a target has not been a success. I'm not sure that I would as of today push it as hard as I once did.</i>
-Milton Friedman

Yes, you're right. only stupid people make millions.

I love this place.
idiots.