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Fritz Freud's avatar

Love this one...Two things I like to add...

One is this... Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey_yUeJe9qE

In this you see a typical prussian (German) Society that is put completely on its head when a beggar takes the Uniform of a Lt. to fool all of the Society because Society has shunned him... great story... great movie with one of the best German actors ever.

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Second... I never been rich... I never even cared about money... still don't... but never considered myself poor.

Still I spend years in China Malaysia India and among the poorest people I have seen the most Human and humane people ever.

Especially fond am I for this story:

I was Training (Gung Fu) in HK Parkl when an old chinese man watched me... then came over to me and said he never has seen a foreigner train like me.

His gift to me was that he showed me a few things which to this day I hold as one of the greatest experiences in life... and I will ever remember this forever.

The value of money is shallow... and nothing compared with the infinite of the spiritual gifts that we possess.

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And when we speak of Rich Arseholes we must speak about Elon Musk.

You see... by Law I should be the richest person in this world.

Why?

Because of my Invention which cost me all my money my marriage and an arm and a leg.

Elon Musk... he has taken my technology called it the Hyperloop and binned it.

The Hyperloop was a scam using my technology to shield me from my recognition and success.

That was the scam about the Hyperloop all along… designed to make people think my technology is a copy of the Hyperloop when the Truth is that the Hyperloop is a copy of my technology…

My technology predates the Hyperloop by 8 years.

https://fritzfreud.substack.com/p/the-invention-the-illuminati-does

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You see... the rich people are really the poor people because they live in fear of losing everything.... or that one finds out how they really scammed themselves into a position of becoming rich.

Whereas me... I have lost everything... not really lost... they have destroyed my life because my technology is as such that it could instantly change the world and the way we live.

And the people in power and Elon Musk (Bill Gates too) they fear me... because they know the power of my technology.

And once my technology comes out... all those Impostors will crawl into the farthest corner of existenz.

And it will... that is what I do through my writings... I expose them... and they live in fear for that moment will come.

Everyday I learn something new... and that... to be able to learn... that is the true value of richness.

Money can't buy you the Intelligence I have... nor the integrity... nor the love I possess in my heart.

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Courageous Lion's avatar

WOW!

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Stephan Rinbaum's avatar

This is excellent and actually gives me hope rather than make me recoil in horror. While I am not wealthy by any means, there was a time when I earned an inflated salary and worked with people who were extremely wealthy. My experience coincides greatly with what I read here, both for myself and in my observations among those for and with whom I worked.

The hope I see is that even those conditioned by their environment against their own natural inclinations can be recovered, and according to one of the studies listed here, with not an incredible amount of difficulty.

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Mooon's avatar

So true! There are many more that participate in the rich pageant. They max out credit cards to live a life way beyond their means because they are hoping to impress others, which really could not care less. I think tell-lie-vision causes that syndrome.

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Katherine's avatar

Such an important topic! One nowhere nearly talked about enough. Thank you for your valuable insight.

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Robert Welch's avatar

A lot to digest here.....

Some initial thoughts:

Feeding starving people is trying to solve a problem by dealing with the symptom. Starving people is the result of the starving people's society not functioning properly. I watched a movie about a couple who were doctors. They were killing themselves attending to the wounded at war sites. Finally, the woman realized that they were just addressing the symptoms of the real problem. That they could work at saving the wounded forever and there'd still be wounded lined up. Same with the starving kids. In general, WE tend to address symptoms not the causes - Like going after a cancer tumor. LOL.........

It's the psychopaths who rise to the top because they'll do anything to get power and money. Most of us won't/wouldn't and really are more interested in living happy, productive lives in peace.

If a person ends up becoming rich, and it isn't based on fear - fear of being poor, considered a failure if one isn't "successful", etc.......... then, yes, the humanity likely will remain intact, or can be salvaged, because love is in the picture, not fear.

I've watched two people who came from very poor backgrounds become wealthy in my life. One is working on his first billion. What he would do - that worked for him very well - was when he got an idea to do something ( that would make money for him ) he'd tell people about his plan and ask their opinion about it. Most of the time he'd get nonsense information from these people, but every now and then he'd get a really good suggestion and so incorporate it into his business plan. Now, the guy is very bright, but a lot of his ideas weren't so great.....at first. By the time he'd done his routine of asking many people about his plan, he would end up with one that was quite good.

People loved his asking their opinion about his plan - he was including them and telling them that he valued their information - so they would ( Myself included. LOL. ) put forth their best effort to come up with a valuable critique. He also is a cutthroat, hard ass negotiator which didn't hurt.

But, he worked in love when incorporating others, not fear. The second person works in love, and goes out of his way to help others. As a result. he gets many offers, gifts, help, all of which end up making him money. He thinks of others first - " Do unto others....." not the making of money.

In summary, If we were to live in love, not fear, we would all be "wealthy" - I'm betting.

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Rebecca Lee (maybeitsmercury)'s avatar

Supposedly every human being has the potential for the worst wickedness given the right circumstances. I think this is why the spiritual traditions admonish us not to judge. I lived in India for a long time and I understand what you are talking about!

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M Le Baron's avatar

That was utterly fascinating! There is that old adage that ‘The Rich are Different’, and this has certainly proved true in my experience, but it was fantastic seeing the issue within a different context. As a PFP (Poor Fortunate Person) living a rural life in a tight knit community, I firmly believe the PFP model is a far more human and rewarding life.

Thank you 🙏

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Bandit's avatar

The rich ARE different, even within family.

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M Le Baron's avatar

Oh yes they are, in an infinite number of ways.

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Rightful Freedom's avatar

My friends at this organization have a 1-Step program to cure the Rich Asshole Syndrome.

https://indchurch.org/

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Jack B's avatar

Good Article, Lessons Learned? Maybe for Some.

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