another home in Monaco and ensure that governments do not tax their trust
funds. No one calls these elites immoral. Indeed, they are often idolized, and
it’s no crime to fail to treat others equally – indeed, America’s stratospheric
CEO to average worker pay ratios are ample demonstration of this principle
in laudatory practice.
Some wealthy families and individuals are known for giving so much to
charity, yet somehow they remain among the world’s richest people. It is
nice publicity though, and maybe fewer poor people will think about shooting
them. Charity can be good life insurance, just ask any private banker to the
super wealthy. Charity establishment is a standard recommendation for the
notably affluent, which is why they usually name the charity after
themselves and ensure that it gets lots of public attention just so everyone
knows who are the nice rich guys. Marie Antoinette perhaps could have
saved her head if she had just given 5-10% of her wealth to the “Marie
Antoinette Foundation for Starving Children” and made sure that everyone
knew about it. The fact that the charities may benefit people other than just
the founding family members is a secondary consideration for many. Find
this idea offensive? Try ridding yourself of your delusions and ask yourself
why people who are truly charitable would need to name the foundation
after themselves, publicize their efforts, and keep eternal control over the
charity’s operations (yes, control passes to their descendants through trust
arrangements most usually – the Fords still hold the Ford foundation four
generations on now). Charities can also be beneficial to ongoing business
operations. Just do a bit of research on how the Gates Foundation went into
India with charitable grants ahead of a major push there by Microsoft. But
that must have just been coincidence…
If the Golden Rule only applies to those at the bottom of the power
spectrum, then it’s not a rule at all. It’s an admonition to help maintain
order in the state and restrain people’s desires and ambitions that might
otherwise be directed against the interests of the elite. Slaves need to know
their place and should not fight amongst themselves.
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