But envy is such an effective political tool for the aspiring despot.
envy is very bad. i’d say it’s a tossup between pride and envy.
Those who complain about “inequality” never mention how much Oprah or Mick Jagger earn or how little their stage help is paid. Nor do they complain that Matt McGloin, the quarterback for the Los Angeles Raiders has a $108 million contract while one of his team’s cheerleaders just sued the team over her pay of $5 per hour. It is hardly news that over 40 university presidents have pay packages that exceed $1 million or that the heads of 11 charities in the US are paid over $1 million while their volunteers are asked to donate their time and money. Does it matter how much it cost author J.K. Rowling to write a series of novels that have created over $1 billion in wealth for her? How much did
So who exactly has the income that is proof of “inequality”? Times up: Apart from just railing against “the wealthy” as a nebulous group that excludes all rich liberals, they only complain about business leaders who earn a lot of money. Now why would that be?
“Income inequality” joins Peak Oil and Global Warming as frauds of the left that converge to advance a statist ideological agenda rather than advancing prosperity and liberty.
Liberals like to talk about “income inequality” because it is a useful tool with which to talk others out of their liberty and property.
Why do all those flaming the fires of inequality live in mansions and seem to be the 1 %’ers?
Envy and jealousy do not mean the same thing. Envy means “I want what you have.” Jealousy means “I will not tolerate your rivalry.”
The sages say, “To know contentedness is to be rich”.
Don’t forget resentment - it and envy have been driving leftwingers for decades in this country......
I was taught that Life isn’t fair, nobody owes you a living and that you help People who can’t help themselves, not people who won’t help themselves.
Is it really that complicated?
Here’s one of my favorite quotes from Tocqueville on equality and envy...
“There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed. This passion tends to elevate the lesser to the rank of the greater. But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom.”
The last phrase describes where we are to a T.
Envy, I’ve often thought, is the very worst human emotion.
How poignant on this mlk day. King day epitomizes a gift that keeps on giving with unrest being the theme. Msm talkin about the ‘choke hold victim’ and street interviewee does the black motorist get along admonition. Plus Another day where the government does not work... What’s not to want.