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In reply to the discussion: Why dislike the super rich? Envious? Jealous? That's what they think. [View all]cer7711
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. . . and cornered in the bathroom after having just given a speech that offended Richie Rich in the late 70s. (Or possibly early 90s; memory is hazy on the exact year.)
"Hey!" the guy shouted. "I just heard your speech! What the hell is wrong with you?! Aren't you rich? That makes you one of us. You should be on our side! You're a traitor to your class."
Asimov replied with serene calm, as only a child of immigrant parents (he was too poor to be allowed to touch the pulp mags and paperbacks in his father's drugstore when growing up; the periodicals were for paying customers) MENSA member and Renaissance man who'd written a book in every single category of the Dewy Decimal System could. (All true; look it up).
Anyway, dear Isaac said: "I'm one of you? Oh, you mean I have money? True. That's where our similarities end. You see, unlike you, I have a conscience and care about the rest of humanity--you know, those people who will make the world you and I have to live in tomorrow? Would you care for a paper towel to sop up that drool?"
And Asimov, after drying his hands, stalked past this clown and exited the washroom.
He said the guy stood there sputtering and reeling but couldn't get out another word.
THAT'S how a decent, intelligent, talented and creative 1%-er handles a sociopathic plutocrat!