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Wealth brings solipsism. Any bizarre theory is fine as long as you can 'afford' it. When the money runs out, you're back to scrambling with the plebs with real world consequences, yuck!

Sounds like people have plenty of fee time. Is this the side effect of Prop 13.

Ceffer says

Wealth brings solipsism.

This is very true. An abundance of resources makes it possible for people to entertain worldviews that have no basis in reality, and even prosetylize these views to others en masse. But take away the excess resources and the people who are left must get to work discovering REALITY so they can figure out how to survive in the world. This necessitates adoption of a worldview that closely mirrors the real world and real nature of humanity, which ultimately leads to vastly more success than any erroneous worldview.

Quigley says

adoption of a worldview that closely mirrors the real world and real nature of humanity, which ultimately leads to vastly more success than any erroneous worldview

I dunno. It's often the children of the rich that have insane ideas and the resources to implement them. The father who made the money had a good grasp of reality, but the kids don't need to.

So maybe it's the opposite: success in parents leads to erroneous worldviews in their children.

Patrick that’s what I was saying.
Wealth, especially unearned wealth, breeds disconnect from reality.

Ceffer says

Wealth brings solipsism. Any bizarre theory is fine as long as you can 'afford' it. When the money runs out, you're back to scrambling with the plebs with real world consequences, yuck!

This. It’s easy to get metaphysical and abstract when you aren’t thinking of how to pay the rent 24/7.

Most people are pragmatic.

Because they don't know what to do with their lives. Too much money for their own good.

That's where all this SJW bullshit comes from, rich kids who need to make up enemies to fight and injustices to solve, because they don't have any. Currently their fascination is fag and tranny shit, they are fighting to promote that, because no fucking purpose in life.

FortWayneIndiana says

That's where all this SJW bullshit comes from, rich kids who need to make up enemies

This was largely the makeup of the 1960's protesters, most were hugely wealthy. Diana Oughton, Billy Ayer's girl friend. blew herself and her two cohorts up in a New York brownstone in 1970 when a bomb they were making to set off at a Naval Reserve dance that night blew up in their faces. She was from a tremendously wealthy family and despised them all. It's no surprise that a year or so before this happened she was one of those who made the trek to Cuba to help harvest the sugar cane.