Originally Posted by
emporiumdays
Al's quote...
Well - Al, probably a fair percentage of folk think this way (probably most) - it's 'the Great American Dream' to own your own house, car(s) maybe boat, holiday house, etc etc etc. and to retire with a big nest egg. (It's the Great Australian Dream too).
It's sold to us every day through the media. These are the 'must have things' and without them our life just isn't successful.
Trouble is that a lot of folk who think that way (and you can't blame them given the power of advertising), can end up enslaving themselves to a hugh amount of debt, meaning that they're on 'the treadmill' for their whole life chasing the proverbial 'carrot'.
Like you say, some make it, some don't.
But it gets out of hand when some (the minority) want to have the bigger house, the fancier cars, the most luxurious boats, the multiple holiday homes, and a huge nest egg. Though they're the minority, they can make life pretty difficult for the other 90% of us.
And the point is Greed knows no bounds.
And since money makes more money, there's a scrambling to stay on top financially. The short term winners will be the Greediest.
They can invest in all the hi tech means to futher their 'empires' and do away with need for human workers and their 'dignity' from having decent employment.
The rift between the 'wealthy' and the 'poor' is widening (and accelerating).
That's why everyone is feeling the 'squeeze' as living standards are threatened because of the greed that's already strangling the life out of the average person.