The White Collar Man vs. The Blue Collar Man

[opebo]

If you think being 'a rich man who is wealthy beyond imagination' is an option for you then you're already living in a fantasy world.

Listen, friend, get serious.  You have got to try to survive.  Just survive. 

[opebo]

Guys, wealth is not 'attained', and rich people are almost always 'loved' more.

[opebo]

Guys, wealth is not 'attained',

It magically appears?

It is exacted. 

and rich people are almost always 'loved' more.

All the more reason to get rich, then.

You can't 'get' rich - you either are rich or you aren't.  It is a class you are born into.

[opebo]

You can't 'get' rich - you either are rich or you aren't.  It is a class you are born into.

No, its not.

Dream on you innocent lad.

[opebo]

You can't 'get' rich - you either are rich or you aren't.  It is a class you are born into.

No, its not.

Dream on you innocent lad.

Give it up you lame troll.

Dude, virtually every rich person's father was rich too. If one in a million cases does not fit this format that doesn't change the fact that being rich is not something you can 'become' - it is about as likely you'll win the lottery as 'get rich' by 'efforts' or 'merits'.

[opebo]

Well I can think of about 6 exceptions to that within my clan: my father (well he went from nothing to the top end of upper middle class, so maybe he was not "rich"), my uncle (famous film special effects guy), my aunt (quite successful actress and real estate investor), my cousin, and my cousin's cousin.  And that is just for starters. The descendants of my grandfather's sister on my mother's side are incredibly successful in about 6 instances, and all by virtue of their own efforts. Two are or were senior partners of two of the largest and most powerful law firms in Los Angeles. Another owns a real estate empire of about 6,000 units.

Yes, you come from a rich family, Torie.  No surprise there.

[opebo]

...Now imagine just how rich you might well be Opebo if you could function as well vertically as you do horizontally?  Did you ever think about that? 

I don't 'function' particularly well on any plane - I'm a very ordinary chap as are we all.

However it is worth noting that the poor is required to be able to do something (for the rich) or he will be eliminated.  The rich is not required to do anything.