Could You Own Half The Worlds Wealth And Remain Sane?

[rainbow]

If I had that much money I might think about getting a dog.

I'm more ambitious.

I'd get a dog and a cat.

[Brian Peacock]

Steady on there Cresus - that path leads to a decadent decline.

[Hermit]

"decadent decline"

[rainbow]

Steady on there Cresus - that path leads to a decadent decline.

I didn't say - at the same time.
It would be one after the other.

Serial pets if you like.

[cronus]

"decadent decline"

also....

http://tinyurl.com/3syoqe

http://literarydevices.net/parallelism/

[Hermit]

Scump

[Svartalf]

I'd sure as hell get a bigger house with room to receive people and to properly house my library... probably in every city I'd like to visit...

[rainbow]

I once followed scumple's links and it left me traumatised.


Don't do it!

[mistermack]

I wouldn't own half of the world's wealth for long.

After all, I'd have you fuckers over a barrel. It wouldn't take me long to own the other half.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I wouldn't own half of the world's wealth for long.

After all, I'd have you fuckers over a barrel. It wouldn't take me long to own the other half.

Thing is, you'd need to employ half of the world's armed forces in order to keep the other half from ousting you and seizing your wealth. They don't come cheap, armies. And they have a nasty habit of couping d'etat.

[mistermack]

I wouldn't own half of the world's wealth for long.

After all, I'd have you fuckers over a barrel. It wouldn't take me long to own the other half.

Thing is, you'd need to employ half of the world's armed forces in order to keep the other half from ousting you and seizing your wealth. They don't come cheap, armies. And they have a nasty habit of couping d'etat.

Naaaah, not necessarily.
It took a gigantic alliance to stop Hitler, and Stalin never got toppled.
If you're nasty enough, and employ enough spies, they are too scared to organise, for fear that they will be betrayed.
They didn't turn on Hitler even when the Russians were shelling his bunker, and Saddam never got toppled from the inside, and Kim Wing Wong is still there.
You just need a lot of spies, and a lot of executions.

[jamest]

One would imagine that owning half the world's wealth would enable oneself to have the world's best shrinks in one's pocket. Sanity guaranteed? If not, then shame on those bastards for charging a fee.