Re: Why Isn't Socialism Dead?
Greg Goss
>On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:30:36 -0800 (PST), trag <tr...@io.com> wrote:
>> No, I mean most. If you dig into virtually any success story someone
>> quotes as a reason why we can blame the poor for being poor, it turns
>> out that said super successful person had exceptional resources
>> available to him or her.
>
>Bullshit.
>
>Bill Gates had no more resources than the average middle class kid,
>and the same is true of most those of the world's richest men that
>hail from the US.
>
>He got a head start only in that his parents were paying for college.
>His family did not contribute any capital to his business start.
>
>Political power is substantially hereditary. We see lots of political
>dynasties. We seldom see business dynasties.
>
Isn't it traditional that the second generation expands the business
empire and the third destroys it? For example, half of the top ten
richest people in the world are each a second-generation member (or
widow) of the Walton dynasty.
The Bronfmans are happily continuing into the third generation.
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Tomorrow is today already.
Greg Goss, 1989-01-27