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enjoythe_ride) wrote2007-12-04 08:32 pm
enjoythe_ride) wrote2007-12-04 08:32 pm
[ROTM] Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quote
"No one should be rich except those who understand it."
I’m confused as to what exactly needs to be understood.
Unless Goethe was one of those idealist, let’s-give-all-my-money-to-the-orphan types, then that just explains it all.
I mean, really—we are all aware that we are living in a somewhat morally bankrupt society. And when one is morally bankrupt, it’s probable that they are not fiscally so as well. People usually cling to one or the other—not both. Regardless, there’s still that whole concept of “understanding” your wealth. I’m not sure how that works. I’m told money talks, but I’ve never heard it actually physically speak.
Joking aside, I don’t why people are so hard on those who value their fiscal worth. Money is the one thing on this planet that actually makes sense on a consistent basis. Money is predictable. It’s worth the same amount twenty-four/seven/three-sixty-five. The value doesn’t change based on what a person has done to you, or what that person has done in the past. People aren’t predictable like that. Their opinions, thoughts, feelings, they all change—even the ones that are supposed to be unconditional. Money offers safety and security, no matter how many idealist blow their hot air around saying that it only corrupts.
And maybe it does. But it’s more real, solid, and tangible than any relationship I’ve ever had, and it’s been more reliable for me than any person that’s ever claimed to love me “unconditionally.” So if it makes me a bad person for preferring to put more faith in the feel of cold hard cash in my hand than in another person to be there for me when I need it? Then up my ticket to hell to first class.
If I’m going to go down, I might as well go down in style.
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I’m confused as to what exactly needs to be understood.
Unless Goethe was one of those idealist, let’s-give-all-my-money-to-the-orphan types, then that just explains it all.
I mean, really—we are all aware that we are living in a somewhat morally bankrupt society. And when one is morally bankrupt, it’s probable that they are not fiscally so as well. People usually cling to one or the other—not both. Regardless, there’s still that whole concept of “understanding” your wealth. I’m not sure how that works. I’m told money talks, but I’ve never heard it actually physically speak.
Joking aside, I don’t why people are so hard on those who value their fiscal worth. Money is the one thing on this planet that actually makes sense on a consistent basis. Money is predictable. It’s worth the same amount twenty-four/seven/three-sixty-five. The value doesn’t change based on what a person has done to you, or what that person has done in the past. People aren’t predictable like that. Their opinions, thoughts, feelings, they all change—even the ones that are supposed to be unconditional. Money offers safety and security, no matter how many idealist blow their hot air around saying that it only corrupts.
And maybe it does. But it’s more real, solid, and tangible than any relationship I’ve ever had, and it’s been more reliable for me than any person that’s ever claimed to love me “unconditionally.” So if it makes me a bad person for preferring to put more faith in the feel of cold hard cash in my hand than in another person to be there for me when I need it? Then up my ticket to hell to first class.
If I’m going to go down, I might as well go down in style.
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But it’s more real, solid, and tangible than any relationship I’ve ever had, and it’s been more reliable for me than any person that’s ever claimed to love me “unconditionally.”
You have a point. As much as I hate to admit to it, money's a lot more reliable than people. It seems we're alike in that respect. You cling to money, I have my cats and my science. It's almost sad, that the world's come down to this.
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