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Psychology of the Super-Rich
Topic Started: Feb 13 2015, 09:33 PM (1,354 Views)
caissier
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Oliver James on what makes the uber-affluent tick ....

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/13/super-rich-dont-care-about-us-taxes

"That he contributes nothing at all to this is rationalised by the idea that he is simply cleverer than the rest of us, so more fool us for coughing up. If we were as clever as him, we too would not pay. He is part of the Ayn Rand elite, the ones who grasp that we were put on this earth to be selfish, to look after ourselves and our kin ahead of everyone else.

The super-rich are only one subset of our ruling elite in general. Like the MPs with their duck ponds and the menagerie of slimy creeps on show at the Leveson inquiry, they are self-focussed plutocrats who are no longer fit to make the rules. Their lack of social obligation and ignorance of the most simple realities means they will inevitably be superseded by something else."
Edited by caissier, Feb 13 2015, 09:36 PM.
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A week or two ago I half-saw half of one of the two episodes of "The Super-Rich and Us", which Grace-3 was watching. It looked quite interesting and I made a mental note to see if it was still available to view on iPlayer. Unfortunately, my mental notes aren't worth the tissue they're written on, but I've just checked and they're still available - for 12 and 15 days respectively. Might be worth a look if you missed them.

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<irony> ....and why not watch tonight's programme Modern Times for an hour on BBC2 from 10pm entitled Welcome to Mayfair! Another of BBC's un-ironic celebrations of wealth and privilege which could induce feelings of superiority in some and revulsion in others! As a local resident of many years I shall watching with great interest to see how I live <wink>
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Where they live .............

http://www.martingrandjean.ch/swissleaks-map/
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