Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

In reply to the discussion: A Potter's Field [View all]

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
25. And the measuring stick for their belief in their superiority is money
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 06:34 PM
Dec 2017

Making a fortune is tied into the capacity to use everything in their power to gain the power at any cost. Somewhere in their limited thinking is the idea that if God didn't want them to be rich he would take their wealth away, so, of course, God must love them above the poor.

Money is the seed thought which they nourish and care for with every breath, every thought and every action. It is their value measurement, as in the value of something is in direct proportion to how much it costs. They will eschew beauty which is cheap in favor of expensive glitz which has no intrinsic value beyond the arbitrariness of labeling it expensive. They will purchase something for the creators name rather than any true value it will have. For example, they don't own art. They own "a Picasso". Or "a Rembrandt", etc.

They actually think of nothing else except money. It is their raison d'etre, and takes wings with their every spoken breath.

They do not trust anything or anyone who speaks of other things. And it's this commoness they share that keeps them in their narrow social circles. Even to the exclusion of people like pretenders such as Trump himself. His self worth is 100% tied into his money. It's almost the only thing he talks about or refers to. And it's the reason he exaggerates how much he has.

To me this is a very important factor which most people don't talk about. How money dictates your life. We know how the lack of money molds lives. Well it does the same when there is plenty of it in your life. Money is an incredibly insidious and important fact in our lives. Worshipping it isn't just done by the rich.

A Potter's Field [View all] H2O Man Dec 2017 OP
Thank you Solly Mack Dec 2017 #1
Fair enough. H2O Man Dec 2017 #3
I wasn't disagreeing. I was letting you know I was thinking about what you wrote. Solly Mack Dec 2017 #4
Yes. H2O Man Dec 2017 #7
So, like, the whole of Dylan but only the Lennon-majority of the Beatles? :) Solly Mack Dec 2017 #9
And that's H2O Man Dec 2017 #13
lots of food for thought there. One other thing that has been on my mind recently... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2017 #2
Right. H2O Man Dec 2017 #5
I don't think there is a "perhaps" about it. I think humans v1.0 are fatally flawed NRaleighLiberal Dec 2017 #6
One of the H2O Man Dec 2017 #14
I am having a sad, contemplative day... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2017 #16
I bought my dog a wheelchair.....and a harness to. Is she on rymadyl? Glucosamine/chondrotin Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #17
Yes, we are through all of that. She is telling us it is time. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2017 #18
I'm glad you are listening to her. n/t Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #20
I find it far easier to start hating groups of people Mr.Bill Dec 2017 #8
Interesting. H2O Man Dec 2017 #15
Personally, I think this nails a lot of what is happening. Vilis Veritas Dec 2017 #10
Thank you. H2O Man Dec 2017 #21
There are some life-threatening fires in California right now. democrank Dec 2017 #11
Well said. H2O Man Dec 2017 #22
As you know coeur_de_lion Dec 2017 #12
Thank you. H2O Man Dec 2017 #23
Irish? I love him already coeur_de_lion Dec 2017 #27
United we stand, divided we fall? kentuck Dec 2017 #19
Exactly. H2O Man Dec 2017 #24
And the measuring stick for their belief in their superiority is money lunatica Dec 2017 #25
I agree fully. H2O Man Dec 2017 #26
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»A Potter's Field»Reply #25