[Leica] i'm not worried. [Was: What, me worry?]

[Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>]

>Guy Bennett  wrote:
>>why should any one care a fig for gates's money, how much he has, how much
>>he loses, how much he has in relation to the lug, etc., etc., and so forth?
>
>>in the world of finance, he is somebody. to those for whom money is not
>?everything, he is just a person.  or have i missed something?
>
>Quite apart from the photographic issues, the super-rich like Gates are
>_not_ just people. They are the people who set the rules of the game for
>everyone else.
>The kind of power these people yield puts them way beyond being "just a
>person".
>
>In the "real" world, money _is_ everything.
>
>Rob.
>Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow


robert,

i unfortunately agree that in the 'real world' money is everything, however
- - and i say this without wishing to appear snide or austrich-like - in *my*
real life, the super-rich are virtual non-entities; my trashman has more of
an impact on my day-to-day existence than bill gates, paul mccartney, or
whatever other famous/rich person has come up in the course of this thread.

while i do not doubt that these weathy individuals wield undeniable power
in the realm of things and people that can be bought and sold, i cannot
believe that their chiefly material significance is such that they
inevitably insinuate their otherwise insignificant selves into the lives of
folk who do not hold the same priorities as they.

if we understand 'the game' to mean money, i can understand that they set
the rules, but - a sincere question - what meaningful influence do they
exercize in the lives of normal people?

guy