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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Mistake Made By Wealthy Parents, Especially Trump's...
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.--Epictetus
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The Mistake Made By Wealthy Parents, Especially Trump's... (Original Post)
HuckleB
Mar 2016
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)1. Trump's parents' mistake was not using birth control.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)2. I won't argue with you on that.
linuxman
(2,337 posts)3. False dichotomy
If anything, being wealthy allows for both.
The point is still valid.
linuxman
(2,337 posts)5. Sure, but it's poinless.
People like to quote dead Greeks without really examining what it is they're saying.
The fact is, the rich are far more likely to raise their children to be "well instructed" than the general populace, simply by virtue of having the means to do so. In the end they benefit from both. If the rich truly were Ill taught and degenerate to the point of ignorance based on their money, it damn sure wouldn't be generational (at least not for vert lonfg). I get it though; We all hate those terrible rich fucks. It's something those of us without money tell ourselves.
It's a hollow quote.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)6. Not in the way the quote intends, however.