Comments on: You Can Run But You Can’t Hide http://iwassaying.net/2008/07/16/you-can-run-but-you-cant-hide/ Chatter, memories and rants. Don't stop me if you've heard this one before. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Pete http://iwassaying.net/2008/07/16/you-can-run-but-you-cant-hide/#comment-474 Pete Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:12:48 +0000 http://iwassaying.net/?p=115#comment-474 Donna, To be fair, shallowness is pretty easy to find! What really freaks me out is the sense of <em>entitlement</em> that the wealthy and the generational poor so often share. Old money and multi-generational welfare both seem to have the same power to kill the notion that you ought to do your best to take care of yourself. Being extremely rich seems to foster the notion that you are above honest labor; therefore others should supply your needs and wants. Conversely, being extremely poor encourages you to believe you are so helpless that nothing should be expected of you; and therefore others should supply your needs and wants. The ritzy hostess we sang for would not have wanted to be told that she was acting like a mouthy welfare queen! Donna, To be fair, shallowness is pretty easy to find! What really freaks me out is the sense of entitlement that the wealthy and the generational poor so often share.

Old money and multi-generational welfare both seem to have the same power to kill the notion that you ought to do your best to take care of yourself.

Being extremely rich seems to foster the notion that you are above honest labor; therefore others should supply your needs and wants. Conversely, being extremely poor encourages you to believe you are so helpless that nothing should be expected of you; and therefore others should supply your needs and wants.

The ritzy hostess we sang for would not have wanted to be told that she was acting like a mouthy welfare queen!

]]> By: donna http://iwassaying.net/2008/07/16/you-can-run-but-you-cant-hide/#comment-473 donna Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:41:05 +0000 http://iwassaying.net/?p=115#comment-473 I abhor the shallowness of some wealthy people. Privilege doesn't seem to bring grace with it, in most cases. Actually I think grace tends to be a learned quantity. Americans in general live very well, and so few appreciate how lucky they are. I treat everyone pretty much as equals, even small children. Maybe especially small children, since they are often the most human of us. I abhor the shallowness of some wealthy people. Privilege doesn’t seem to bring grace with it, in most cases. Actually I think grace tends to be a learned quantity. Americans in general live very well, and so few appreciate how lucky they are.

I treat everyone pretty much as equals, even small children. Maybe especially small children, since they are often the most human of us.

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