The Greed of the Wealthy and Leaders

“I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you earned but not greed to take somebody else's money.” – Thomas Sowell

I saw this saying today and it’s really resonating with me. I’ve wondered this type of thing for a very long time – even more so these last couple of years. I’ve never been able to put it in such a simple statement, though. How true this is!

I don’t understand it, either, but this has been going on forever. This is how all governments and leaders have always worked… and corporations. It doesn’t matter what country or place or century; mankind has always done this type of thing to others. And leaders (any leader of any civilization or organization or even towns) have always done this. Oh, they all have excuses, but the bottom line is that they are thieves at the expense of people who are supposed to look up to them.

It’s one thing to tax people for the good of the town or country, but these leaders don’t stop with what their town or area needs. They fatten their own personal coffers way more than is necessary – at the expense of hard workers – which is robbery. Many countries enslave others, so they don’t have to pay them to work which fattens their own coffers even easier.

This country finally abolished slavery, but government leaders and officials have found other ways to make themselves richer at the expense of their citizens. They now become wealthy from the corporate lobbyists who fund their campaigns, and which makes the politicians beholden to the corporations. It’s no longer about what’s good for everyday citizens or specific regions. Its just about these factions getting wealthier and wealthier. They could care less about the public and consumers except for getting even more money out of them.

Huge corporations buy out smaller businesses crippling local economy. It seems to be a constant take, take, take, and what comes back to the public is a trickle of goods and services. Good customer service are just a few fancy words that mean nothing nowadays. It’s another placebo term to make people believe they are getting their money’s worth.

And they use disasters and huge problems to create even more issues, shortages, and health issues to further cripple citizens into having to go along with whatever the leaders are trying to force. Stalin, Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler (among others) did it. They used world problems to further their takeover endeavors and used propaganda to lie and convince their populations they were only thinking of helping them. Ha! (This is putting it simply, but it’s all there in the history.)

And that’s another topic: (what I call) placebo terms. There are many placebo terms bandied about these days. Words are used, which, by normal definitions are good things, but the meanings have now been twisted to mean the exact opposite. For instance, every time I hear the word “transparency,” I look to see what they’re trying to hide.

The word diversity is a signal that some belief is being pushed down others’ throats. Those who are spewing about the injustice of prejudice and hatred are the ones promoting it. The more they’re forcing the issue, the more negativity it creates.

I’m not saying there’s not prejudice and injustice. There always has been and probably always will be. People will be people with their own beliefs. Not everyone is liked. Not everyone ever will be. There will always be disagreements. Freedom of speech is important, but so is kindness and courtesy.

I don’t know what the right answers are to “fix” our problems, but what is happening now in the world and within the education system is not the answer. Forcing people into thinking one way or following specific dictates – becomes a dictatorship and becomes another form of enslavement – an enslavement of speech making people into sheep who can only go, “Baaa, baaa,” and “Whatever you say, master.”

I am beginning to believe the slaves nowadays in this country are the everyday taxpayers. And that’s not to put down all the others around the world who are truly slaves to their current governments.

(And again, I don’t know the answers, and I certainly wouldn’t want to be on any committee to solve the problems. All I know is that what’s going on now is NOT working and it’s not fair to the general public. The only ones truly benefiting are the politicians, corporations, and super rich.)

This was another instant where someone else’s words inspired me to write my own take on a topic.