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Do you agree that real wealth is acquired from honesty?

I believe that wealth is reflected from discipline...by working hard and knowing its infinite value..but sad to know that more people only knew wealth by the possession it shows..Wearing pricey things to look rich but can hardly afford it. brag around like a walking lie 馃
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Tatsumi31-35, M
Under a capitalist system, money is most easily made by using money to essentially "buy" more money. Investments use poorer people as personal labor forces in order to create more profit. Ask any rich person, and they will tell you: the most effective way to make money is through passive income. That is--you making money while doing nothing.

That doesn't take much work or honesty. Given that the population is 1% psychopath, and 25% of CEOs are psychopaths, I'd say honesty has little to do with it.

Capitalism rewards greed. And obtaining profit however one may do so. Honesty has nothing to do with it.

The primary precept of capitalism is supposedly, "an honest day's work for an honest day's pay." But, what work does an owner of a company do? Virtually nothing. He simply already has money, so he can use that money to hire more workers to make him more money.

Lobbying is also hardly honest, which a great many corporations use liberally to destroy worker protections, pretending they're doing workers a favor by, say, raising minimum wage, while taking worker protections away with the other hand.

No. Honesty or hard work is not how money is made. Poor people think that way.
Sepia36-40, F
@Tatsumi I don't think so...but I believe we all the rich and the poor has needs whatever buying power they have will be provided in exchange of a wholesome value of goods and services ...plus if you steal the money you live with its a complete lie