Cause? Cure?

Ok - lol

@Vitaliy

@Matt

Fuck.

many people start from nothing and make good lives for themselves through hard work, ingenuity, creativity, and developing their talents and abilities.

I hear same thing somewhere. :-) Wait.... I think this lie is in every TV and radio and is called "The American dream". As Carlin said - "You have to be asleep to believe it".

This guys are rich not because they did something useful for you (and it is the only reason for getting money - doing something useful for other people). No. They stole from other people work and income. For now bankers, insurance guys, big managers with huge salaries are considered acceptable parasites. Time changes, you'll soon see how many will be considered criminals with penalties much worse than for mass murderers.

I don't believe any one human being should have billions while other people have no food. This is something we need to change in society.

You can't just "change it", it is mass media telling you that it can be "changed". Only way to change it is huge conflict of interests with blood.

But I would say a lot people have enough. They have comfortable lives, but they're not content because they want to be Bill Gates

And quite lot of people need money for food. At least this is that I know personally.

Not that I don't like George Carlin, but he was a multi-millionaire and he's criticizing the American Dream? He seems like a perfect example of how money doesn't make people happy.

I think here you just completely lost. I do not care if he was rich or not. He did useful things and got rewards. I just quoted you one of useful things.

No, violent revolutions don't accomplish anything. Who's going to be in power after the blood is shed? How can we trust that they're going to implement a more fair society?

You are wrong, history shows that it is how things are done. Who will be in charge? Someone who better understands society interests.

People can do small things to help others around them.

Good words, also from mass media. Just won't work.

I couldn't agree more with Vitaliy. Things are getting really out of control and people won't let things happen for ever. And yes, of course there will be blood, it has to. At some point in history you'll see this is inevitable.

@vitaliy

You are wrong, history shows that it is how things are done. Who will be in charge? Someone who better understands society interests.

Do you have a specific example in mind? Wherever I look, bloody revolutions result in leaders, who continue the violent path. They just don't know any better, if their path so far was violent.

There is a saying: Only a moral path can lead to a moral goal. Meaning: Unmoral path leads to unmoral goal, no matter how moral your goal initially was. The difficulty is, that the moral path may take a very long time, or you might not even reach the goal at all.

It's not just the elites that are corrupt. You've never had a corrupt employer? I've been fighting with corrupt employers for many years. And to me, "fighting" does not mean going around killing people. Fighting means trying to make people realize that their behavior is unacceptable. Sometimes, this means disrupting their lives. I've managed to get a few bosses I've had over the years that cheated me fired from their positions (and getting myself fired at the same time).

Just targeting the elites is a bad idea. A good portion of the population is corrupt. That means that there is a high probability that the new leaders will repeat the same corrupt patterns (as has been shown throughout history) OR no matter who is in leadership position, the corruption will continue to exist at different levels of society.

"This guys are rich not because they did something useful for you (and it is the only reason for getting money - doing something useful for other people). No."

This cuts through a lot of white noise. Never even thought of it this way. Sounds exactly right.