Bravo. I read about this study but never saw this news reel. Very insightful. Does very much remind me of a certain entity trying to run us all over.
And lies to employees like there's no tomorrow.I need more clues. Does this entity smell like brimstone, behave like a weasel, and hail from Memphis?
It reminds me of me, but I don't feel bad about it. Look what they do. If I'm in the prestigious and very, very rich Berkley College and they offer me candy that is going to be for kids in another study, why not take some? It's easily replaced. If they sit me down for a rigged game of Monopoly and I win, of course I "deserved to win". I didn't make the rules. And if I'm the one to set up to lose, it's obvious why I lost. It isn't because I'm good or bad, it's how the game is rigged. So if you're going to take anything from this, it isn't that "rich" people are somehow evil, it's that the system is rigged. Don't ask me to feel bad because this is what America has come to. Vote and become active to change the system.
It reminds me of me, but I don't feel bad about it. Look what they do. If I'm in the prestigious and very, very rich Berkley College and they offer me candy that is going to be for kids in another study, why not take some? It's easily replaced. If they sit me down for a rigged game of Monopoly and I win, of course I "deserved to win". I didn't make the rules. And if I'm the one to set up to lose, it's obvious why I lost. It isn't because I'm good or bad, it's how the game is rigged. So if you're going to take anything from this, it isn't that "rich" people are somehow evil, it's that the system is rigged. Don't ask me to feel bad because this is what America has come to. Vote and become active to change the system.
"This is what America has come to" is a lazy man's excuse. The video is about morals and behavior, neither of which need to change as your income increases. So why does it?
Far simpler for one to complain about her circumstances than to take action to change them.Its a simple game for a man with no conscience, no ethics.
Far simpler for one to complain about her circumstances than to take action to change them.
Because the morals haven't changed. The perception has changed. I noticed this about going to gambling boats. I don't gamble for many reasons, but one of them is that the reward isn't all that enticing. $5,000 would be nice, but it's nothing in the big scheme of things. it doesn't even begin to pay down my considerable debt. Even that debt is a matter of perception. I probably owe $40,000 on credit cards alone. That number seems astronomical to some, but if I'm paying $2500 per month on them, it's not all that insurmountable."This is what America has come to" is a lazy man's excuse. The video is about morals and behavior, neither of which need to change as your income increases. So why does it?
Congratulations. But what I said was that it's easier to complain here than doing the other things, not that you hadn't done other things.Who says I'm not taking actions to change my circumstances? I have made many changes to stretch my ever shrinking paycheck. I have applied at a dozen or more companies and I make it a point to Work As Directed at FedEx until I can leave. At my age, no one appears interested in hiring me so I may be stuck here for the foreseeable future. I still have the commitments of a mortgage and my kids education. I post here not so much to complain but to warn others of the decietful manner in which FedEx operates.
Because the morals haven't changed. The perception has changed. I noticed this about going to gambling boats. I don't gamble for many reasons, but one of them is that the reward isn't all that enticing. $5,000 would be nice, but it's nothing in the big scheme of things. it doesn't even begin to pay down my considerable debt. Even that debt is a matter of perception. I probably owe $40,000 on credit cards alone. That number seems astronomical to some, but if I'm paying $2500 per month on them, it's not all that insurmountable.
So where is the ethics in the rigged Monopoly game? I'm sitting there playing, the professors doing the experiment have set the rules. I am playing by their rules. My perception, the one that they have defined, is that if I (the rigged winner) were to insist that the other "player" be on a level playing per traditional rules, for the purpose of their experiment I would be cheating. Odd, isn't it? It's the same with the tax code. You don't HAVE to take the mortgage interest deduction, but it's a rare homeowner who won't. Is that an ethical breakdown in a country burdened with debt? Of course not. Why not? Because the perception is that taking that deduction is well within the rules. The dollar amount is not even the point. Apple had itself in some ugly PR not long ago for the very same thing. Are they unethical or is the system rigged? The system is rigged. Or is it the absurd assertion that Apple and other companies should forgo such benefits just because they can? Should they just be "nice"?
Now what is abundantly clear is that the rich are afforded far more and vastly more lucrative opportunities to profit from the system. But to say that is a breakdown of personal ethics is simply a false conclusion. Only taking $100 when you pass go instead of taking $200 when you are allowed to doesn't make you a better or more ethical person.
"This is what America has come to" is a lazy man's excuse. The video is about morals and behavior, neither of which need to change as your income increases. So why does it?
well, sjh, is it about ethics (morals) or not? Seems you want to separate morals from behavior now. And the analogy is perfect with any tax deduction. But when we use one such as the homeowners deduction, it hits too close to home (so to speak) and people view it differently. How is it fair for people who can't afford to buy a home? It isn't. But it doesn't matter because it is part of the tax code that people will take advantage of. We look at companies large and small that "game the system" and question their ethics and behavior while we as a society make the rules that clearly permit the behavior if not encourag it. Not about ethics? Are you sure about that? We tell them the action or behavior is acceptable but then berate their ethics when they display the behavior? And you see no disconnect? I may well be arrogant, but from what I can tell, your argument is disingenuous at best.