This isn’t admiration. It’s an attempt to work out what sort of people they are. I also posted the negative aspects of such people. — Brett
What I was getting at, which probably was not made clear enough, is that if someone or a collective of workers is going to buy or build a factory then they’re going to have to borrow money. — Brett
assuming they can be totalized as a group outside the narrow metric of wealth - — StreetlightX
To achieve that they would need to do what 1% did, which is build a business from scratch and produce the same wealth that so many resent the 1% having. — Brett
There are a number of studies about who these people are, and how they operate. If you want to know more (much more) about wealth and power, start with G. William Domhoff, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His four books are among the highest rated titles in sociology (OK, not the same as the best selling books on Amazon).
Who Rules America? (1967, #12)
The Higher Circles (1970, #39)
The Powers That Be (1979, #47)
Who Rules America Now? (1983, #43) — Bitter Crank
How would you enforce this, how would you manage human behaviour? — Brett
A bit of experience, a bit of reading, a bit of reasoning. If you like you could post which ones you think are wrong or don’t make sense. — Brett
The argument was that the rich are rich because they inherited money. — Brett
Then you have to know who they are instead of just determining it from prejudices. — Brett
No, it’s a group of people with opinions discussing something. — Brett
Tell me where I’m wrong then. — Brett
its the fact that you fabricated shit out of thin air and expect anyone to put in any effort to take that shit seriously. — StreetlightX
You're giving yourself away when you talk like this. So many tacit assumptions.
— Xtrix — Brett
Apparently there is scholarship out there which people (like Bitter Crank) have recommended; that's what I was looking for from people here. — Xtrix
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