I waited and I waited for help but all the rich people just stared at me and kept eating.

[burnsei sensei]

109. But you can't deny that wealth, and the lifestyles that

accompany it, do skew an individual's perspective about himself, class and society.
You tell us that you have voted against your "financial interest."
I would probably conclude then, that you had other interests that were more important.
But you haven't written about any of these. You tell us that you are a "die-hard liberal," and that "many wealthy people are liberal."
What does being liberal mean to a wealthy person? Because the content of your experience is markedly different from the experiences of those of us who are much less affluent than you.
And finally, we, the middle-class and impoverished, are the majority.
The numbers of the impoverished are increasing.
Their suffering, good sir, is intense.
There is no getting around that.
You are part of a minority, the majority of whom have behaved irresponsibly, and continue to do so.
When will enlightened self-interest take the place of simple greed and indifference among the wealthy?
And what makes you & other wealthy liberals altruistic-- answering in terms of two things-- motives and actions?