Jim SpearsThe Wealthy Speak Out
December 1st 2008 12:36
Deep inside all of us lives a little filthy rich industrialist, tyrant or entrepreneur which dreams of bullying and selling people. For over 80% of the population these will remain idle daydreams but the wealthy 20% face lifestyle changes that will seperate them from their communities. Differences in lifestyles can often bred resentment and impotent anger rather than understanding but wealthy individuals are setting out on a PR offensive to change this pattern. The richest member of the Billionaire's Club of Duckburg, "Uncle" Scrooge McDuck, has been central to the campaign as figurehead and leader.
Public perception was targeted early as one area where wealthy individuals felt they were being unfairly treated: "There is only one minority whose entire population, that's 100%, everyone, needs legal protection: Fortune 500 CEOs. CEOs and businessmen live like parolees where every move is dictated by laws and regulations and every moment shadowed by teams of lawyers; wouldn't that make you feel like a criminal? Free association allows them to huddle together and share woes; no-one understands how lonely it can get up there. When it all goes wrong for them they might get parachutes but they fall as individuals."
"If we have cash do we not bleed? You vultures tear us apart because we are few. The People end up getting pulled to and fro by salacious headlines and unfair criticism and then turn on us! Fancy that! I pay your wage but you hate me?! You can't have trust in a relationship like that."
Scrooge McDuck is unique among his peers for never having created a foundation or supporting charities "Peer pressure is painful at the top; charity donations and foundations are a competitive area for the wealthy to dabble in. They all want to donate more, donate most and petty squabbles lead to broken friendships...all because of charity."
"Charity can't run like a business. Charitable organisations are fixated on transformation rather than production; they want to change their lumps of coal in to diamonds but it really is quicker to buy coal, sell it then buy a diamond. Doing it my way produces wealth for many. Charity donations would earn better returns if placed in to scientific research then we could develop a cure or warning system for "no hoper-ness". If we start scientific testing on the homeless they will feel useful; there is no higher good than sacrificing so future generations get every chance at being full-hopers."
"Finding ways to recognise potential and hope was the prime concern of primitive societies and their failures are self-evident. This should serve as a warning; potential can be infinite and hope is always seasonal but they're just words really. In the real world someone needs to pack boxes and clean vomit so finding a way to measure potential is crucial to civilisational success. Once you find a way to put a dollar value on yourself you have hope, potential is when someone is prepared to pay you to do it. The man cleaning a windshield is not a no hoper and with every dollar he earns increases his potential; he buys better equipment and so forth. Active begging always produces a reward because you are now a worker. The days of the village idiot are over; the modern world is not a community of friends, nowadays you have to bring something to the table if you want to survive. Shine shoes, wipe windscreens do anything to develop potential. Once you show potential you/it can be moulded in to anything."
"There are two great unequal distributions in Australian society; wealth and power. The one person, one vote rule is prejudicial against the wealthy. The wealthy will never have power if they remain an ostracised minority. The People outnumber us and they can skew polling data to get what they want all of the time. Maybe health and education are the most important things for average voters but if they cared so much they'd be willing to pay for it."
"My nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie face a disadvantaged upbringing, they do not know their father and their mother dumps them with, my nephew, Donald regularly. I shudder to think what would happen to them without me."
Public perception was targeted early as one area where wealthy individuals felt they were being unfairly treated: "There is only one minority whose entire population, that's 100%, everyone, needs legal protection: Fortune 500 CEOs. CEOs and businessmen live like parolees where every move is dictated by laws and regulations and every moment shadowed by teams of lawyers; wouldn't that make you feel like a criminal? Free association allows them to huddle together and share woes; no-one understands how lonely it can get up there. When it all goes wrong for them they might get parachutes but they fall as individuals."
"If we have cash do we not bleed? You vultures tear us apart because we are few. The People end up getting pulled to and fro by salacious headlines and unfair criticism and then turn on us! Fancy that! I pay your wage but you hate me?! You can't have trust in a relationship like that."
Scrooge McDuck is unique among his peers for never having created a foundation or supporting charities "Peer pressure is painful at the top; charity donations and foundations are a competitive area for the wealthy to dabble in. They all want to donate more, donate most and petty squabbles lead to broken friendships...all because of charity."
"Charity can't run like a business. Charitable organisations are fixated on transformation rather than production; they want to change their lumps of coal in to diamonds but it really is quicker to buy coal, sell it then buy a diamond. Doing it my way produces wealth for many. Charity donations would earn better returns if placed in to scientific research then we could develop a cure or warning system for "no hoper-ness". If we start scientific testing on the homeless they will feel useful; there is no higher good than sacrificing so future generations get every chance at being full-hopers."
"Finding ways to recognise potential and hope was the prime concern of primitive societies and their failures are self-evident. This should serve as a warning; potential can be infinite and hope is always seasonal but they're just words really. In the real world someone needs to pack boxes and clean vomit so finding a way to measure potential is crucial to civilisational success. Once you find a way to put a dollar value on yourself you have hope, potential is when someone is prepared to pay you to do it. The man cleaning a windshield is not a no hoper and with every dollar he earns increases his potential; he buys better equipment and so forth. Active begging always produces a reward because you are now a worker. The days of the village idiot are over; the modern world is not a community of friends, nowadays you have to bring something to the table if you want to survive. Shine shoes, wipe windscreens do anything to develop potential. Once you show potential you/it can be moulded in to anything."
"There are two great unequal distributions in Australian society; wealth and power. The one person, one vote rule is prejudicial against the wealthy. The wealthy will never have power if they remain an ostracised minority. The People outnumber us and they can skew polling data to get what they want all of the time. Maybe health and education are the most important things for average voters but if they cared so much they'd be willing to pay for it."
"My nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie face a disadvantaged upbringing, they do not know their father and their mother dumps them with, my nephew, Donald regularly. I shudder to think what would happen to them without me."
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