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If you believe that the wealthy should only spend their money in a way that provides for "serious long term benefits for humanity" I ask you to enter your income into this website and then come back and tell me if you still feel that way.

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

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Just did, and I do. But I'm not going to start doing it until someone forces me to, because I'm fallible.

Edit: but for what it's worth, I do spend all my free money on trying to create wealth and jobs for people who don't have it.

Thanks for the honesty. When you realize that it isn't the 1% vs the 99% but more like the .1% vs the 1% it all starts to look a little silly doesn't it? Wealthiest people ever to live on earth complaining that other people have more than they do.

It's a valid thing to complain about - same as we complain about the world's great polluters despite being way up there ourselves. The means and opportunity to say "hey, this isn't fair" is something not everyone has, and I think, since we can, we should.

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