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Wealthy, highly successful people. A different breed. Not all good.

Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:05 am
Posted by RiverCityTider
Jacksonville, Florida
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:05 am
They are both intelligent and ignorant simultaneously. They are hyper-focused and success-oriented, yet often unaware of the world around them. Their energy is consumed by professional advancement, leaving little room to consider matters only tangentially related to their lives.

In essence, they can be profoundly self-centered, sometimes bordering on antisocial personality disorder. Surprisingly, they also exhibit an extreme herd mentality, emulating the political and even philanthropic tendencies of their wealthy, successful peers.

The point is, the super-successful often view the middle class with antagonism, driven by a sense of superiority. They find the middle class repulsive. Conversely, they regard the poor as one might view stray or abused animals, offering limited, performative compassion.

In short, the wealthy are not your friends, nor are they your political allies.

Traditional conservatives idealize these elites, much like a Labrador retriever idolizes its master. They feed from their hand, attributing the elites’ wealth, power, and glory to virtues like hard work and creativity. They conveniently overlook the more prevalent traits of self-absorption, obsession, cronyism, and ruthlessness.

The shift from classical education and religious studies to a techno-centric educational model has exacerbated this alienation between classes. Classical education, with its emphasis on philosophy, literature, and history, once fostered critical thinking, ethical reflection, and an appreciation for shared human values. Religious studies, provided moral frameworks and guardrails and a sense of communal responsibility. These disciplines encouraged individuals to grapple with questions of purpose, justice, and empathy—qualities that bridge class divides.

In contrast, the modern focus on techno-education prioritizes narrow, widely lauded skills tailored to professional success in fields like technology, finance, and medicine, business, politics and law. While these skills drive innovation and wealth, they often neglect the broader humanistic perspective that cultivates humility and social awareness. The result is a generation of elites who are technically proficient but lack the moral or philosophical grounding to empathize with the middle class or poor. This educational shift reinforces their insularity, amplifying their sense of superiority and detachment from those outside their socioeconomic sphere.

The point is, the deleterious attributes of the wealthy and successful—self-absorption, obsession, cronyism, and ruthlessness—make them natural adversaries and predators of the middle class. These traits, compounded by an education system that prioritizes technical prowess over humanistic values, ensure that most will never align with populist movements like MAGA. They will never pass through the eye of the needle to join a cause rooted in the struggles of the broader populace.

Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Posted by SallysHuman
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:08 am to
Smells like copy pasta.

Link your source.
Posted by Rebel
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:09 am to
Posted by RiverCityTider
Jacksonville, Florida
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:11 am to
SallysHuman

My source is years of dealing with them.
Posted by SallysHuman
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:12 am to
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My source is years of dealing with them.




Fair enough.
Posted by beaux duke
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:13 am to
Posted by Powerman
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:15 am to
I'm not reading all of that but I do think that people really overestimate the abilities of the highly successful. No one wants to admit it, but there is a degree of luck to it. There are equally as intelligent people who took risks that didn't pan out or equally intelligent people that just don't take the risks. They're definitely very driven and hard working but the idea that they're somehow all that special is a bit of a myth.
Posted by 4cubbies
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:17 am to
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They conveniently overlook the more prevalent traits of self-absorption, obsession, cronyism, and ruthlessness.


And generational wealth.
Posted by jclem11
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:18 am to
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Smells like copy pasta.

Link your source.


Some common sense and reason for Sally finally?

Posted by Harry Rex Vonner
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Member since Nov 2013
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:20 am to
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Conversely, they regard the poor as one might view stray or abused animals, offering limited, performative compassion.



Wrong. They view the poor and minorities as cannon fodder to create divide and conquer schemes against the middle class and upper middle.

They want all of us dead.
Posted by slidingstop
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:21 am to
Posted by Bigdawgb
Member since Oct 2023
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:21 am to
Who are these people? They sound far too villanized and cartoonish to be actual people.
Posted by dickkellog
little rock
Member since Dec 2024
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:31 am to
define wealthy and highly successful. tell me as a child did you aspire to be in the middle class. were you like when i grow up i hope i can't just write a check for my kids college but instead force them to take out student loans because it will build character! when they're given opportunities like studying abroad i won't be able to afford that either but their disappointment will also build character.

there is no nobility in being in the middle class. i grew up in it and i can't say i liked it much. on the bright side the middle class hasn't paid their 'fair share" of taxes in two decades. the fact that 63% of americans can't pay an unexpected $500 expense is nothing to be proud of jethrine.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:31 am to
Yup. Luck plays a huge part be it timing, right place, etc. Hard work, sacrifice, and brains has a role to play but you need luck.

I know luck has played a role in my success. I would say timing would be the biggest component in what we call “luck”.
This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 9:33 am
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:32 am to
Hating the rich is an ages old commie aganda. Youre just the latest flavor.
Posted by Harry Rex Vonner
American southerner
Member since Nov 2013
43523 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:32 am to
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cronyism



I was sending snail mail weeks ago and while in line, a little self absorbed brat was on the phone chatting away where everyone in the room could hear her. She'd just gotten a new job she proclaimed, and then told the person through the phone something like "Little Suzie Q got my old job" at such and such company, "and she's a Kappa" or "a Chi O" or "a Pi Phi"


True everyday cronyism
Posted by RiverCityTider
Jacksonville, Florida
Member since Oct 2008
6124 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:35 am to
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the fact that 63% of americans can't pay an unexpected $500 expense is nothing to be proud of jethrine.


I rest my case.
Posted by RohanGonzales
Member since Apr 2024
5515 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:37 am to
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They're definitely very driven and hard working but the idea that they're somehow all that special is a bit of a myth.


That is what makes them special.

Do you actually believe the drive Bell Curve is as wide as the intellect one?

Think of it this way - there are a lot more people who whine about things not getting done (including me) that there are people actually trying to get those things done.
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
44125 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:38 am to
Another example of why a Christian worldview should be espoused by all.

There's a reason why Jesus said it's hard for the rich to go to Heaven, not because anything intrinsically or qualitatively different about them as human beings, but because they put their trust in their wealth and abandon God, both in faith and in morals.

All--rich and poor alike--need to repent of their sins against a holy God and put their trust in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of those sins, seeking after the riches of Heaven rather than looking to build up treasures on earth that rust and moths destroy.
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