Comment on The Disadvantages of an Elite EducationparentComments−jacoblyles17yIt doesn't make me angry. I'm not an envious person.I enjoy what I am doing with my own life. I am satisfied with me challenges and proud of my accomplishments.Why should I begrudge the good fortune of others? The universe has blessed me abundantly.I simply wasn't born with the personality needed for enjoying class-warfare rhetoric. I find it a big turn-off.−johnnybgoode17yThere is a big difference between these two scenarios:1) One group of people becomes enormously rich through some peaceful, economic means, while another group remains relatively poor.2) One group of people uses oppressive political power to become rich, at the expense of another group, which remains poor.My problem is with #2. If we were talking about #1, I'd be right there with you complaining about class warfare rhetoric.−ryanwaggoner17yI wish you had clarified this earlier, as it's a drastically different argument than what you seemed to be making.−johnnybgoode17yI think I know the answer to this question, but out of curiosity, what argument did I seem to be making?
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It doesn't make me angry. I'm not an envious person.
I enjoy what I am doing with my own life. I am satisfied with me challenges and proud of my accomplishments.
Why should I begrudge the good fortune of others? The universe has blessed me abundantly.
I simply wasn't born with the personality needed for enjoying class-warfare rhetoric. I find it a big turn-off.
There is a big difference between these two scenarios:
1) One group of people becomes enormously rich through some peaceful, economic means, while another group remains relatively poor.
2) One group of people uses oppressive political power to become rich, at the expense of another group, which remains poor.
My problem is with #2. If we were talking about #1, I'd be right there with you complaining about class warfare rhetoric.
I wish you had clarified this earlier, as it's a drastically different argument than what you seemed to be making.
I think I know the answer to this question, but out of curiosity, what argument did I seem to be making?