Not the Onion: "Give Back? Yes, It's Time For The 99% To Give Back To The 1%"

[MuseRider]

106. OK, I read it

I think. I know I read it because my brain and my heart both hurt but I don't think I could honestly tell you anymore about it than I could have told you about Atlas Shrugged that I attempted at least twice before I realized that it made so little sense to me that I retained none of it and put it away.

Distilled essence is the perfect description. There is no way to meet these people in the middle. Even giving them a few extra points (trying to be kind to the poor things) there is no way to meet them.

There is moral bankruptcy here. Their very own ideals separate them from everyone else. The lack of understanding the benefits of community, camaraderie, collectivism is stunning and sad. The teacher teaches only for value received? Has this "person" ever wondered what it would be like to live in a large country with nothing but uneducated people? Of course they do it for community as well as compensation. The compensation part should be enough to make this desolate moron understand that it is far more than for pay they do this. Jesus.

Beyond that my brain processed Ayn Rand, John Galt, we should be honored for being rich not taxed, until I hit this special paragraph...

"Imagine the effect on our culture, particularly on the young, if the kind of fame and adulation bathing Lady Gaga attached to the more notable achievements of say, Warren Buffett. Or if the moral praise showered on Mother Teresa went to someone like Lloyd Blankfein, who, in guiding Goldman Sachs toward billions in profits, has done infinitely more for mankind. (Since profit is the market value of the product minus the market value of factors used, profit represents the value created.)"

After that the only thing I remember is something about a vampire squid.

Thanks for this Will, no really. I am headed over to look at Lola. Lola will bring back my good feelings for humanity and Mother Teresa.