Message #15181

[uselesslegs]

It's sick is what it is.  Twisted and sick.  I'm actually scared to death now of winning a lotto or a book of mine hitting gold (both astronomically likely not to ever happen).  I'm scared I'll turn into one of those financial sociopaths.  I'm scared I'll turn into one of those kids with two toy boxes full of toys I haven't touched in years, and when mom comes to ask if I'd like to donate one of them for a Christmas gift to someone less fortunate...I'll lose my fuckin mind and turn almost homicidal at the mere suggestion.

Siegel, and people like him, will never truly want for anything for the rest of their lives.  They will never go without food (for their children), shelter (for their children), clothing (for their children) medical care (for their children), transportation (for their children), schooling (for their children).  Everything else...is a bonus. Everything else is a desire, not a need.  How dare he and these other assholes pretend they're anywhere near some dire survival threshold and by proxy, so are their employees.  He doesn't need that house, he and his wife just want it.  He could be living in a spacious 10 or 15 room mansion and still enjoy his steak just as much, while he looks down on the peons.  I have no doubt he worked hard. I have no doubt a lot of luck and connections were involved.  I have no doubt he stepped on more than his fair share of necks.  But his "empire" isn't shit without the people who bought his crap, the people he hired to expand it, or the Government and Society who protected it.  He's a wanna be feudal lord, pretending the bread he eats and the luxury he enjoys comes with sovereignty over those with less, usurping even their thoughts.  He's a piece of shit!