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Kablooie

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95. Depressing but realistic, unfortunately.

Reply to woo me with science (Reply #94)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 02:16 AM

Jun 2014

But to be fair, there are one percenters who do retain compassion.
I think it has to do with the reason people got rich.
For example many rich actors, and other people in the arts are Democrats because they believe in supporting people.

If you're an entrepreneur or banker the accumulation of wealth is your goal in life and a cutthroat attitude is needed to become successful.
This avarice kills empathetic qualities in a person.

For some artists becoming rich was never a real goal.
Instead they are driven to do what they love.
The money comes because they do their job so well and is a nice perk but was never their goal.
For these people even if the job didn't pay well they would still do it.
When this is the case they can retain human feelings towards others in spite of being wealthy.

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