Quote: (10-02-2012 01:48 PM)Fisto Wrote:
Is this pretty much your plan Athlone?
What, to join this class and therefore avoid exposure to all of those issues?
That'd be nice, but I don't think I can. They don't suffer outsiders well.
I could go back to my home country (Jamaica) and join the equivalent 1%/upper class there, since my family is a part of it and I could find access via blood/connections if I played my cards right. That may be in the long term plans, but we'll see. Lots to consider there.
Quote: (10-02-2012 02:05 PM)Smitty Wrote:
Yeah, because of two words: self-discipline.
Major negative trends don't just hit the average joe. The average joe creates those trends through their own actions/inaction.
Not an invalid point. The average-joe, by virtue of being average, is naturally more susceptible to the more negative influences in our society. That's an unavoidable reality, unfortunately.
Know your enemy and know yourself, find naught in fear for 100 battles. Know yourself but not your enemy, find level of loss and victory. Know thy enemy but not yourself, wallow in defeat every time.