pathological unhinged 'a recent analysis of seven separate studies found that the wealthy actually behave less ethically than the poor: they are more likely to break driving laws, more likely to exhibit unethical decision-making tendencies, to take valued goods from others, to lie in negotiations, to cheat so as to increase their chances of winning a prize, and to openly endorse unethical behavior to get ahead at work. according to the studies, the unethical tendencies of the upper class stem mostly from their more favorable attitudes toward greed when compared to those in lower-income groups.' - tim wise 181007 ... unhinged 'although polk (a hedge fund manager) ultimately 'got clean' by walking away from the hedge-fund world and the riches that came from it, and now is engaged in a number of truly inspiring projects intended to empower persons in marginalized communities, for every reformed money-junkie there are several others who are still ensnared in a culture of predatory affluence, manipulating financial instruments for their personal gain. it is a mindset that is at once entirely psychopathic and yet normalized within the system of capitalism to which americans are wedded. ultimately, folks like polk were only able to become addicted to outrageous fortune in the first place because the society in which they live allows such grotesque profits to flow to those whose economic activity is so corrosive of the greater good. in short, it is the pathological values of policymakers and the economic aristocrats who call the tunes to which they so eagerly dance, which are to blame for the sam polks of the world. we create them, systemically, and by the antisocial, money-obsessed ideologies we teach to the people of the nation every day. waste, disposability, selfish materialism, celebrity superficiality and the never-ending quest for *more, more, more* seem to have won out over the advance of citizenship, public interest, community building and the common good.' - tim wise 181007 ... unhinged *sigh* 190115 what's it to you? who go blather from