Try Some Wealth

So the ‘Hangers-on’ drift about their chosen host, feeding on their scraps of attention. The host’s tend to revel in the attention, but also recognise the ‘power’ of their position. Such was the case, which drew the path of what was then, my future relationship with Mr Walsh. I have already given clues of the manner of the situation (see blog Wednesday 25^th December), so now I will explain it in a little more detail. The two lads ‘E’ and ‘K’ had the attitude that, since their parents were rich, they were rich (a common mistake made by many children of the ‘well off’) These lads also had the attitude that, if you were well off, you ‘showed it off’ to others. These ‘others’ being those without any wealth, or any disposable wealth. Or parents without any disposable wealth,…. or wealth at all. These ‘rich’ rubbed the others poverty stricken, grubby little noses in the quagmire of the down trodden. Note I said, ‘showed it off’. Not simply, projected an ‘aura’ of wealth. They definitely did not believe it should be shared (oh how socialistic of me). They definitely did not believe it should be put to good philanthropic use (oh how Hindu-istic of me….. yes I know there is philanthropy in nearly every religion, ((apparently)), I just picked one at random). 

They believed they had the money, and you didn’t, therefore (ipso facto) you were poor. You deserved to be looked down upon (not just from their mansions in the hills) You deserved to be looked at with disdain. You became a lesser being, a victim of their greater ‘capacity’ and ‘right’ to exist. Okay, that may be taking it a bit far, but you get the true idea. I doubt that ‘E’ and ‘K’ ever considered the real consideration. Which was, where did their money actually come from? Yes, I know I said their parents, but where did their parents get their wealth? Their wealth may well have come about by abuse of the poor. Perhaps their parents ran ‘sweat shop’ type factories, where they made their wealth? On the suffering of the masses, of a workforce who could not get out of that endless cycle (due to the lowly wages etc), in which they were trapped.

Or was the wealth inherited from previous family members? Then where did they make their money? I have always felt whenever, and where-ever, money is being made in the world (and yes, I do know it needs to be increased to be of benefit), someone is being shrewdly robbed. Robbery is not always a blatant rip off, but often in small subtle ways (and often not) people are definitely being fleeced of their money. I am often amazed when people buy something, use it, then, want to sell it for almost as much as they paid for it. And no, I dare not go into the minefield of people wanting more for something than they paid for it. Real Estate scares me. Really scares me. I personally think it should be called ‘Completely UN-real estate. It has no bearing on reality at all.

 (Continued tomorrow)