Does money really determine if one is a 'winner' or a 'loser'?
Can one be very poor but still respected and admired?
Can one be very poor but still respected and admired?
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Yes, it does.Originally posted by pimplink
Does money really determine if one is a 'winner' or a 'loser'?
Can one be very poor but still respected and admired?
But not allways
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I've had some very amazingly inciteful conversations with people who are homeless... they're losers to most, but they know stuff about life that most people will never know.
I'll hold them in higher regard than many self sentered, ignorant rich people.
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If only people with money were 'winners' then new born babies would be the biggest fucking losers in the world since they have no money, they don't even have clothes!
Damn loser babies!I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
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I know a lot of people who inherited their wealth. Most of the them would be losers if they didn't have the advantage of being born into money.
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Not always, but a lot
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Can one still be a 'loser' even if he MADE his money?Originally posted by KRL
I know a lot of people who inherited their wealth. Most of the them would be losers if they didn't have the advantage of being born into money.
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Do you consider lottery winners to be 'winners'?Originally posted by pimplink
Can one still be a 'loser' even if he MADE his money?I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
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income is a sorry way to determine succesComment
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says the poor man jkOriginally posted by reynold
income is a sorry way to determine succes
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How about:Originally posted by reynold
income is a sorry way to determine succes
Physical appearance? Not everyone is a Brad Pitt or a Catherine Zeta Jones or Denzel....
Compassion? Many people are victims and have a tough time reaching out of themselves....
Charity? Not everyone has money or time to spare....
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Yes, lots of losers have money and that's all they have.Originally posted by pimplink
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I strongly think that the use of visual markers like income is a hold over from America's Protestant beginnings. These were the same people that believed that if one was rich...one was divinely 'blessed' If one was poor, one had moral failings.Originally posted by KRL
Yes, lots of losers have money and that's all they have.
Same psychosocial mechanism in play re assigning moral blame for being 'fat'
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It depends on the culture you're immersed in. If you live in an environment where people are vassals of Mammon, then yes it's a situation of dollars uber alles. Some countries in the western world are more immured in that mindset than others, but the bottom line is that the bottom line helps take you a long way to the winners' circle.Originally posted by pimplink
Does money really determine if one is a 'winner' or a 'loser'?
Can one be very poor but still respected and admired?
Yet as you probably already know, poor people can be great people. Mother Theressa was obviously not a loser, and she was pretty far from having the nickname 'blingqueen'.
It'd be pretty cool if she did have that nick, though. Saint Blingqueen has a nice, sacrilious ring to it...
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How about the argument that MONEY BUYS RESPECT/CLASS?
Originally posted by rickholio
It depends on the culture you're immersed in. If you live in an environment where people are vassals of Mammon, then yes it's a situation of dollars uber alles. Some countries in the western world are more immured in that mindset than others, but the bottom line is that the bottom line helps take you a long way to the winners' circle.
Yet as you probably already know, poor people can be great people. Mother Theressa was obviously not a loser, and she was pretty far from having the nickname 'blingqueen'.
It'd be pretty cool if she did have that nick, though. Saint Blingqueen has a nice, sacrilious ring to it...
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I can understand dogmatic fundimentalists assigning a state of moral turpritude to obese people... they run afowl of that whole 'gluttony' sin thang.Originally posted by pimplink
I strongly think that the use of visual markers like income is a hold over from America's Protestant beginnings. These were the same people that believed that if one was rich...one was divinely 'blessed' If one was poor, one had moral failings.
Same psychosocial mechanism in play re assigning moral blame for being 'fat'
Though, I find it highly ironic that the same people would beatify the rich when the accumulation of wealth is both one of those deadly sins (greed) AND has the Gen-u-wine Jesus Seal o' Doom(tm) with his words: "Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24)
The massive dichotomies between ideals and actions like this are what make me recoil when most people start talking about religion.~
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1./ Money can buy your way though life, but you can not take it with you. To be classed a winner you would have to be able to cheat death.Originally posted by pimplink
Does money really determine if one is a 'winner' or a 'loser'?
Can one be very poor but still respected and admired?
2./ Respect in ones own self comes first.
Have a great day and sleep well rested my friend.Comment
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Very insightful post Richolio, I would like to add that this moral dichotomy is very AMERICAN and has spread far from its Protestant base. Compare the moralism vis a vis wealth (or the lack thereof) of Catholics and Jews in the US to their counterparts in other parts of the world. They all share the same low or suspect moral assignation to lack of material uplift.
Normally and globally (outside of US and protestant countries), the Catholic and Sephardic Jewish traditions do not view poverty as a sign of moral defect.
Originally posted by rickholio
I can understand dogmatic fundimentalists assigning a state of moral turpritude to obese people... they run afowl of that whole 'gluttony' sin thang.
Though, I find it highly ironic that the same people would beatify the rich when the accumulation of wealth is both one of those deadly sins (greed) AND has the Gen-u-wine Jesus Seal o' Doom(tm) with his words: "Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24)
The massive dichotomies between ideals and actions like this are what make me recoil when most people start talking about religion.
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Money buys respect from people who respect money (or probably more appropriately, what money can do for them). Put a rich person in a situation where money is essentially meaningless (a sport, say, or something where brainpower is required) and all the cash in the world isn't going to get him props.Originally posted by pimplink
How about the argument that MONEY BUYS RESPECT/CLASS?
However, it can make more options available to people who want to take opportunities to improve themselves (ie. it can pay for international travel, or university education, or personal trainers, etc)... if they want to take em. A lot of rich people tend to just kind of waste time and grow moss on their brains; I don't anticipate Paris Hilton applying herself to get her MBA any time soon.
I've met more than one person with serious coin that couldn't have "class" beaten into them with a stick, no matter how pricey that stick happened to be. Chances are, you have too.
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I value accomplishments. Achieving great wealth is one accomplishment, but it is only one. There are many things humans can accomplish in their life besides wealth that are impressive and worthy of respect.I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
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Power and dominion is one. But given recent politics, it also takes money to achieve these.Originally posted by BRISK
I value accomplishments. Achieving great wealth is one accomplishment, but it is only one. There are many things humans can accomplish in their life besides wealth that are impressive and worthy of respect.
How about artistic vision?
Or perhaps scientific innovation?
Or is it impossible....since almost all types of accomplishment is so suffused with commerciality that activities such as poetry are even tainted with commerce/a price tag?
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A couple of things money can't buy: good taste & class.Originally posted by rickholio
Money buys respect from people who respect money (or probably more appropriately, what money can do for them). Put a rich person in a situation where money is essentially meaningless (a sport, say, or something where brainpower is required) and all the cash in the world isn't going to get him props.
However, it can make more options available to people who want to take opportunities to improve themselves (ie. it can pay for international travel, or university education, or personal trainers, etc)... if they want to take em. A lot of rich people tend to just kind of waste time and grow moss on their brains; I don't anticipate Paris Hilton applying herself to get her MBA any time soon.
I've met more than one person with serious coin that couldn't have "class" beaten into them with a stick, no matter how pricey that stick happened to be. Chances are, you have too.
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Art and science are great accomplishmentsOriginally posted by pimplink
Power and dominion is one. But given recent politics, it also takes money to achieve these.
How about artistic vision?
Or perhaps scientific innovation?
Or is it impossible....since almost all types of accomplishment is so suffused with commerciality that activities such as poetry are even tainted with commerce/a price tag?
One of my favorite books is a true story about a guy who has sailed around the world a few times in a crappy little sailboat. He's seen many things, met many people, appreciated a multitude of cultures. He doesn't have much money at all, but he's a winner in my books.I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
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Originally posted by pimplink
Does money really determine if one is a 'winner' or a 'loser'?
Can one be very poor but still respected and admired?
No it can't.
Having this said I'll probably be labeled loser by the rich guys
In general, the biggest losers ARE the 'winners'. They have loads of money but no REAL friends and they are unhappy as hell.
In the end they die of some weirdass disease which even their money can't cure
Is money helpfull and can it make somebody happy? Yes...if someone makes a nice living and can take care of his family.
Money doesn't make somebody a loser or not.
One could call a somebody a winner if he is able to make a lot of money by working hard or being smart. Not the other way around (i.e. stealing the money, inheriting the money etc).
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Sounds like a line from a Honore de Balzac book detailing the social transformation of France (ie., land rich but cash poor nobles would say the same re the 'nouveau riche')Originally posted by SmutGiant
A couple of things money can't buy: good taste & class.
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To my knowledge there's no negative connotations about the accumulation of wealth in the Ol' Testy, so jews are exempt from that particular hypocricy. To my best understanding, HAVING money isn't a problem so long as you share it around some when people are in need... that whole not-turning-away-a-traveller-at-your-door thing and so forth.Originally posted by pimplink
Very insightful post Richolio, I would like to add that this moral dichotomy is very AMERICAN and has spread far from its Protestant base. Compare the moralism vis a vis wealth (or the lack thereof) of Catholics and Jews in the US to their counterparts in other parts of the world. They all share the same low or suspect moral assignation to lack of material uplift.
Normally and globally (outside of US and protestant countries), the Catholic and Sephardic Jewish traditions do not view poverty as a sign of moral defect.
Christians have more rules dumped on top of em, so they have to reconcile old and new and come up with a workable hybrid. The church has been one of the most eggregious accumulators across the centuries (you wanna see pure, unadulterated bling? Check out the vatican sometime), so obviously they decided that the 'greed' sin was one of the more malleable ones.
I'll agree with you about the vilification of the poor being more of a new-world problem, although from what I understand those attitudes can be traced back to victorian england and, I'm sure, earlier days. TRUE christians are supposed to help anyone who needs help, and the poor are surely in need. There's a bunch of great quotes to that end... check it:
It doesn't get more straightfoward than that.James 2:1-5
"My brethren, show no partiality as you hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man with gold rings and in fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "Have a seat here, please," while you say to the poor man, "Stand there," or, "Sit at my feet," have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?"~
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IMO, a loser is someone who gives up easily, has mediocre goals, doesnt follow through, and is lazy. Income has nothing to do with being a loser or winner.Comment
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So your thesis is CHARACTER is beyond 'loser' / 'winner' dichotomy?Originally posted by SomeCreep
IMO, a loser is someone who gives up easily, has mediocre goals, doesnt follow through, and is lazy. Income has nothing to do with being a loser or winner.
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Originally posted by MaskedMan
The lesson is: Take what you can from everyone.
Who was that masked man?? He stole mah teef!Sleep well, and dream of large women.
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it depends what you want to achieve in life..
i don't care too much for money
cause money can't buy me love
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Originally posted by TheMob?
cause money can't buy me love
It sure buys a lot of PUSSY though
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One thing you can say about CASH... you CAN measure it. How do you measure "class"? or "cool"? or "attitude"?
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well I dunno I think some of the richest people are the biggest losers so yea it might do!Comment
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I dont think so, but it does tell people that you're succesfull.......Comment
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????Originally posted by hova
I dont think so, but it does tell people that you're succesfull.......
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It all depends on your definiton of a winner or a loser.Originally posted by pimplink
Does money really determine if one is a 'winner' or a 'loser'?
Can one be very poor but still respected and admired?Comment
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Ain't that the truth. I don't care if you have your own Lear jet, if you treat others shitty, you're a loser.Originally posted by EviLGuY
It all depends on your definiton of a winner or a loser.
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fair enough.Originally posted by mardigras
Ain't that the truth. I don't care if you have your own Lear jet, if you treat others shitty, you're a loser.
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I don't use ICQ anymore.Comment
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You figure? How?Originally posted by papichulo
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ur on the icq man?Originally posted by pimplink
You figure? How?Someone finds you...
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I guess it boils down to respect v money
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Love people and use money
don't love money and use people.
How you treat people determines whether you are a winner or a loser.
Money is a tool and if you use it well you won't allow it to make you, it's tool.
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Usually you can tell if someone is a loser just by talking to them for a min.Comment
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It depends on who's defining "loser or winner".
In others views, who knows and who cares? You have no control over that and never will.
What matters is if you feel that your own income is what defines you as a loser or winner to yourself.
Certainly not for me. Money relieves stress, thats about it.
You've read it, you can't unread it.Comment
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of course, there's more to life than moneyOriginally posted by pimplink
Does money really determine if one is a 'winner' or a 'loser'?
Can one be very poor but still respected and admired?Comment
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