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The 1%
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01/02/2014 11:02:03
 
 
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01/02/2014 10:58:09
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Forum:
Finances
Category:
Investment
Title:
Re: The 1%
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Thread ID:
01592816
Message ID:
01592850
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>>>>>>> and the difficulty of attaining the dream of being rich.
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>>>>>>Especially when its perpetually defined as "having more money than I do right now".
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>>>>>>Maybe you should stop dreaming and realize that 99% of the people in the world have far less than you.
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>>>>>Maybe you should stop making assumptions.
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>>>>Maybe.
>>>>
>>>>I asked where you wound up on the global rich list.
>>>>
>>>>You didn't answer. I think I can assume you hit the 1%.
>>>>
>>>>You could have always just answered. Then I would have never had to assume.
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>>>It is not the assumptions about where I am on the list, which is not particularly difficult to imagine anyway. But you made a whole bunch of assumptions about me, what I think, what I expect from others, what I think about wealth and wealth inequality.
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>>Look, some people see the glass half full, and some see it half empty. Yours in 99% full, and you seem to be focusing on the 1% that isn't.
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>>I might be wrong in my assumptions.
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>>But from what you've posted, your concern is less about how good you've got it compared to the world and more about how bad you got it compared to a small group of people.
>
>More assumptions. Keep going.


Again, I could be wrong. Very possible. Often likely.

Is it possible or likely that your value judgments are skewed?

Is it possible that the attitude that causes this so-called problem is that people never feel they have enough money, and you're no different?
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