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NotFishing

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Gunslinger Z said :

It boggles my mind really. These people already have more money than God. More money than 95% of their fellow human beings. What the hell are they saving up for? To buy their own country? Their own wealth already out-does the GDP of many smaller nations.


They are paranoid that they will one day lose all that money. The opposite of lose is to gain, so that is their way of countering it.

I don't understand it, personally. We all die in the end. The only way to live on past death is to have people remember you, and the best way to do that is by doing good (or by doing bad, but no one really wants to be remembered as a villain.) Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

17-Aug-2018 19:53:03

Inferi

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It's also quite possible that part of it is them trying to make sure their future generations are set up for life. While I don't necessarily agree with that, I can understand it. Even so, nobody needs that much, and it's rather aggravating to a lazy person like me that someone else can be lazier and make a lot more money. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

17-Aug-2018 20:18:52

Azi Demonica

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Yeah, corporate greed is quite never-ending, ya'll. Indeed, do they ever think about when there is no more ? Although I am not a socialist, sometimes, a little bit of socialism doesn't hurt. In my opinion, charitable capitalism is the best solution.

18-Aug-2018 01:11:28

Gunslinger Z

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I guess I can get that. But honestly, I would imagine, even for folks like us who [I assume most of us] don't really have THAT much money, most of our money is tied up in either FIAT or electronic funds. Should the grid go down or the SHTF all of that is going to be basically worthless. They might have 11 billion dollars but should the grid go down, they have no access to it and all they have is fiat money and nothing practical to barter with? They'll be more broke than most of us in that situation and will likely be the first to fall in a situation like that.

I don't know, I guess I just don't get the point of it. Maybe I'm wired differently. I've had more than enough money about three times in my life and didn't know what to do with it. The rest of the time I've been broke. This year I've been learning that I can live on so much less than what I thought. But, some people have a different standard of living. The stuff I can put up with might be insufferable to many other people. I dunno.

But yeah, I mean, I get it, they like money and they want to provide for the next four or five generations of their family. I can dig that. But there comes a point when you have so much money that to even possess it or garner more is kind of unethical in my mind. Maybe I'm just strange like that.

Then again, I guess that's been a long-running deal. "A camel has a better chance of passing through the eye of a needle than a rich man has to enter the gates of Heaven." and what-not.

18-Aug-2018 01:12:25 - Last edited on 18-Aug-2018 01:13:06 by Gunslinger Z

Azi Demonica

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Gun,
I don’t have much money, most people don’t. But yes, if there is a epic financial crash, it’s the wealthy with electronic money that’ll lose the most. Thus, the true value of money is buying land, I suppose, as you can always own land (unless the government is socialist, marxist, fascist or communist, of course). Once the BC forest fires are done, I’d like to get a hunting licence and start practising hunting with an old-fashioned firelock, as well as spears and a longbow.

Ha, in my case, I am basically in poverty. For most of my life, I’ve lived in poverty, so that’s what I’m used to, but a simple, inexpensive life is quite rewarding. I have time to work on literature, and that’s all I really need.

Knowing how to survive without money is more useful than having money. Learning, and real life experience, are what matter the most.


Speaking of cosplay, does anyone do that? I don’t. Iron Mountain armoury sells decent historic samurai armours, maybe I’ll cosplay a samurai one day.

18-Aug-2018 04:02:10

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