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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Good People

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So, DT, who are the good people?

The Good People are those who are Born Rich.

Born rich?

Yes.

What if a person wins the lottery or something, and becomes rich?  Is she or he a Good Person?

No. But if he is still rich when he dies, his heir will be a Good Person.

So, you have to be born rich, not just be rich?

Right.  Don't get me wrong. A person who is rich but wasn't born rich is okay, he increases the possibility of more Good People in the world in the future... but he is not really Good.

In what other ways can you become good?

Be Born Rich, that's all.

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You mean, DT, I can do nothing but good deeds for 50 years or more, and still not be considered Good?

What do you mean, Joe, by "good deeds"?

Well, just usual things like giving poor people food and shelter, protecting little children from harm, providing care to the sick... Things like that.  50 years of doing that, wouldn't I be good?

Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't tell you not to do that, but you asked me who are the Good People.  They are those who are born rich.

Whether they do anything good or not?

Making themselves richer is not bad.  They will leave more heirs richer if they make more wealth for themselves now.  But don't get me wrong, Joe.  Helping poor, sick, children... It's not the same thing, is it?  Are we getting off topic here?


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So, DT, the only good people are those who are born rich?  But is that everyone who inherits great wealth?  Or only certain ones?

Everybody, Joe.

No matter my race?  My skin color?  If I'm ugly, overweight?

Born rich.

Religion?  Can a person be any religion, or even an atheist, and still be Good?

Yes, Joe.  Why not?

What about gender?  If you are born rich and are a woman?

Good.  Women too.

Man?

Born rich? Good.

Gay? Lesbian?

Transgender too, Joe.  Born rich, Good.

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 So, DT, what should the Good People do?

Complete freedom, Joe.  You should respect other Good People, naturally.  Other than that...  Freedom.  After all, this is America!

What if a good person, someone who was born rich, should want to give everything away, live off somewhere secret, like a religious hermit?

Don't get me wrong.  I'm all for creativity, for fantasy and all that, but why wonder about something crazy?

But among the Good People, would someone be free to do something like give everything away?

Free, yes, of course.  But his heirs, the next generation of Good People? What about them?  They won't be Born Rich.  See?

So, in other words, it would be bad for someone to give away all her or his wealth?  Because then his or her children wouldn't be Good People?

See what I mean, Joe?  Why are we wasting our time on silly hypotheticals like this?  Don't get me wrong, but... why bother?

5

Tell me this, DT: Can Good People lose their goodness?

How well have you been listening, Joe?  You tell me.

Well, I think that if you have some bad luck or something unexpected happens and you are temporarily not really rich, you are still "Good People" ...But... Am I right? 

Don't get me wrong, Joe: if you lose all your money and all your credit, you can make a few deals and get it all back.  You can do it, and you have a better chance than the others.  Probably.  I think you do.  But, no.  When you get rich again, you're making it possible for your heir to be a Good Person.  ...By the way, that's not just hypothetical or fantasy, Joe.  That's reality.  That's life!

6

And, DT, what is the proper role of government?

Not everyone is Born Rich.

Yes?

The others need government. ...Let's talk, Joe.  Let's talk about that some other time.


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