Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.
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“Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.”
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I agree, very true words from Warren Buffett. I think the issue is how a person gets their money. It requires a certain amount of integrity, vision and perseverance to make money through creating something, but any swindler or deadbeat can con money out of those who actually deserve it or inherit it from those who have done all the work.
I discuss the philosophy of money at length in my post (https://wbpopphilosopher.wordpress.com/2020/03/22/in-defence-of-money/).
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I will check this out. I’ve always felt this way and see we think very similarly. Artists create, throughout history, but those who benefit most from their creations are not they themselves. A whole host of parasites assume to harvest in a multitude of ways.
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i love warren buffett
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A definite gem!
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How true! Money certainly doesn’t civilize a person.
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True! And alarmingly, so often now, neither does civilization.
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