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37. In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 06:39 PM

Feb 2014

that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had all the advantages that you've had." -Nick Carraway

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Science Explains Why The Rich Are Calling Everyone Nazis [View all] okaawhatever Feb 2014 OP

And, of course, they think that they are entitled to their wealth question everything Feb 2014 #1

What I find ridiculous Mr.Bill Feb 2014 #23

The ones that really irk me is the ones mikeysnot Feb 2014 #28

Add the Johnsons (of Johnson and Johnson) rwsanders Feb 2014 #31

Seen it mikeysnot Feb 2014 #36

Usually I hear "Dont work harder, work smarter" 7962 Feb 2014 #32

There are office politics too. THAT is what determines who gets what. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #53

The most striking thing to me about Keltner's work Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #2

Some people would have empathy, but... MicaelS Feb 2014 #6

They should simply say no to the tax break they get on capital gains taxes, money they earn JDPriestly Feb 2014 #17

I agree with everything you said. MicaelS Feb 2014 #20

And boy are there PLENTY of stories like what you mention!! Here's one on a smaller scale.. 7962 Feb 2014 #33

Think. Consider. Remember. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #55

Actually. I think there is something nobel about being poor. fasttense Feb 2014 #64

I can understand the thinking. When the very poor become very rich they don't understand how others okaawhatever Feb 2014 #7

This has always been known My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #3

That's how and why the French Revolution started, and succeeded (at the time). Amonester Feb 2014 #26

LOL! 'You put that together, and you get jackasses.' nt freshwest Feb 2014 #4

^^^EXACTLY^^^^ FSogol Feb 2014 #5

I know awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #10

I always wondered how we got so many jackasses. Thanks for the info. lol. n/t jtuck004 Feb 2014 #13

Bestest, most scientific conclusion ever!!! LOL reformist2 Feb 2014 #60

As My Late Father, tea and oranges Feb 2014 #8

Lolz. I like your dad's thinking. nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #9

Thanks okaawhatever! tea and oranges Feb 2014 #22

Same thing happene to my father. He was an FDR Democrat Auntie Bush Feb 2014 #50

OMG, I'm so sorry that happened tea and oranges Feb 2014 #66

Ha ha, so do I. deafskeptic Feb 2014 #11

It's called "projection" VA_Jill Feb 2014 #12

+1 alfredo Feb 2014 #67

FDR knew most rich people were assholes at heart, obama does NOT know this. pansypoo53219 Feb 2014 #14

Obama is one of the very wealthy FuzzyRabbit Feb 2014 #16

FDR was also one of the wealthy. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #19

Your sentiments are exactly right. Your facts are slightly off but well intentioned. RufusTFirefly Feb 2014 #21

Me too. As a teenager, I read everything I could find by Eleanor Roosevelt. Wow! She was amazing. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #39

OT, but here's a prophetic Eleanor quote from Jan. 1934 RufusTFirefly Feb 2014 #42

So maybe it's not the wealth that determines how someone is, but the compassion Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #54

Franklin married his brains and his heart. FDR was nothing but another parasitic patrician asshole Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #56

Obama is not one of the 1%. Rex Feb 2014 #34

President Obama's salary alone makes him in the top 1% of earners. Gravitycollapse Feb 2014 #46

He is not part of the .1% of 1% Rex Feb 2014 #48

The 1% do not get paychecks. They do not show up for work, They cannot be fired. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #57

This is silly uponit7771 Feb 2014 #40

that's bs mopinko Feb 2014 #63

I suppose Obama raising the miniumum wage by exec order is your proof? tridim Feb 2014 #30

Oh my, what a bold move! Raising the wage that billionaires have to pay their slaves from Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #58

Agreed. Call me when he creates a maximum wage. nt tomp Feb 2014 #59

Thankfully, there have been a few rich folks who have retained their empathy. SunSeeker Feb 2014 #15

Lewis Black explained it in six epic minutes on the Daily Show: Initech Feb 2014 #18

social darwinism - a perversion of science - RainDog Feb 2014 #24

Some call this the "Just World Fallacy." tclambert Feb 2014 #25

Sounds like being very rich is a disease that we need to eliminate. FiveGoodMen Feb 2014 #27

I don't think it Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #29

So redistributing wealth via taxes is healthy for them and society! KittyWampus Feb 2014 #35

In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice DefenseLawyer Feb 2014 #37

Taxes should be raised to help them express their superheroism. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #38

"jackasses" ...sounds like someone is holding back. L0oniX Feb 2014 #41

"You put that together, and you get jackasses." SammyWinstonJack Feb 2014 #43

He, he blackspade Feb 2014 #44

As usual, the Simpsons has already animated reality Number23 Feb 2014 #45

That's great. I stopped watching the Simpsons years ago. Maybe I should start again nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #47

I'm sitting here wondering if they're tastier� MrScorpio Feb 2014 #49

Great article Gothmog Feb 2014 #51

More likely to take candy from a baby? Lunacee_2013 Feb 2014 #52

Here's what I think: The more money you have, the more time you devote to preserving it, making more reformist2 Feb 2014 #61

i'm pretty skeptical of this guy. mopinko Feb 2014 #62

in reading the article, loved the comments from the super rich--like thewilbur ross guy, who claimed niyad Feb 2014 #65