[Jenny30909]

In her reply Kathy equates wealth with success. As far as I'm concerned there are many more types of success in life that just wealth. I've had many failures and many successes in life, like most, but few of my successes are related to obtaining wealth. When I get the feeling that those with wealth look down at me because I'm not conspicuously wealthy I feel resentful. I'm sure many wealthy people have worked hard for what they have. But many people work very hard at very vital jobs without getting much financial return, such as nurses, police, teachers, etc, etc, etc. Such people successfully completed their education, successfully continue to work at difficult and dangerous jobs, and successfully contribute enourmously to the wellbeing of society. But they're not wealthy, and they can't buy their way out of trouble, or buy their way into positions they don't deserve, or buy more influence over our society than they deserve. Perhaps it's not success that our society admires, it's power.

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Name : Jenny30909, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 34, City : Wellington, State : NA Country : New Zealand, Occupation : Librarian, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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