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In reply to the discussion: "I view Mr. Trump's fear, lust and sloth and I do not envy him." [View all]bhikkhu
(10,716 posts)46. Twitler's religion is the prosperity gospel
I've spent some time reorganizing my own priorities with a mind to the question - what is the best way to counter that sort of belief-based greed? Having grown up poor, and scraped through the recession raising kids, its not hard to do. I have a decent income from my work, enough that I can afford to either save for retirement (play the markets, etc), or have just what I need and do some good with the rest. For the foreseeable future, at least, I'll choose to do the latter. The cult of wealth and prosperity is a cancer on the nation.
It is telling that our current COC hardly utter the words freedom, or democracy, or equality, but talks of prosperity instead. As if that means anything if one's neighbors are beaten down and suffering.
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I only very just started--went with the overview you suggested I read first.
BlancheSplanchnik
Feb 2017
#50
Right on. Happiness is interconnectedness. Not wealth. I was proudest supporting
applegrove
Jan 2017
#27
DT and his kind have an awful idea of what makes a successful man.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2017
#32
Yikes. Somehow I neglected to kick and rec this before! I love this. This should be
Squinch
Feb 2017
#51