I think his opinion was more of "look out for the little guy once you are on the top". This commentary actually gives a throwback to when we were having the "gas price" debates. One person commented "..if you can afford a BMW don't whine about fuel costs" Basically taking the road of, shut up and deal with it you can afford it. BUT the goal of our society, in theory, should be to look out for the little guy. For instance just because I have an X5 and can afford gas doesn't mean I don't think about the poor guy making minimum wage who has to fill up his Civic to get to his shitty job. Just because he doesn't earn a lot doesn't mean he doesn't wish to or doesn't work hard.

Point being, if you have a high standard of living great..good for you I'm sure you've worked hard for it, but don't forget all the work it took and that some cultures/people maybe didn't have access to the paths you had in life.

The assumption that once one achieves a certain amount of wealth they have no say on poverty is rediculous. Maybe I say that simply because I didn't come from any money at all with a father making 30,000-45,000 a year and supporting his wife and 2 kids.

A fact of life is that societies in general are guided by the wealthy or privelaged, not the common citizen. This is a fuel of most conflict through out history.

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