[mmasters]

This is good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... uqGrz-Y_Lc

[Keith_McClary]

Next they should study:
"Unethical people are more likely to get wealthy."

[Narz]

I've seen articles on the subject before. Nice YouTube summary.

[Pops]

My Tube is pretty slow but I think I've seen the show or one like it. The test I saw had subjects play Monopoly with one person given an unfair advantage; more money to start, more for passing Go etc. When that random "Privileged" person then did better in the game, even though the "fix" was known, they started "acting" as if they actually had done it themselves, like "they built it" as it were, lol They used more demanding language, they even ate more M&Ms from the common bowl than the other players.

[Tanada]

Next they should study:
"Unethical people are more likely to get wealthy."

I think you hit the nail on the head Keith, the people we most often hear about in the media are not the poor people who worked 18 hour days for many years to build a business out of nothing but sweat equity, the ones we hear about are the Bankers, Lawyers, Politicians and Inside Traders who game the system thinking they will never get caught.

[Serial_Worrier]

I'm sensing loads of envy and bitterness here.

[rockdoc123]

I wonder how much of it has to do with the press jumping on each and every person running a company who has been indited for one reason or another and not bothering to report on the huge numbers of drug/weapons related cases that are an almost everyday occurrence in the US.
So are you including those drug lords from inner cities in this analysis? They certainly didn't have any wealth before they entered into their particular ventures. You can bet that Pablo Escobar wasn't famously wealthy before he became a drug kingpin. Lets look at the US history...the Cosa Nostra was populated from wealthy Italian families?
I don't have the statistics but are the prisons full of wealthy, fat lawyers and accountants rather than gang bangers, drug lords and mafiosas?

Not saying there aren't some bad eggs out there in the business world but I don't think they are a special case. People have different mindsets. You can be a millionaire sociopath or a sociopath selling drugs on the street. I have a very hard time seeing the difference.

[Narz]

I'm sensing loads of envy and bitterness here.

Just reporting the facts.

[Pops]

Another little study I saw tallied the cars that stopped for pedestrians in crosswalks, the result was just what you'd expect, the more expensive the car, the less likely to stop.
http://sfist.com/2012/02/28/drivers_of_ ... _jerks.php

Turns out Prius drivers are jerks too
http://junkscience.com/2012/03/12/prius ... -to-cheat/

Call it Silver Spoon syndrome or maybe Nellie Olson disease, lol.

[Tanada]

Another little study I saw tallied the cars that stopped for pedestrians in crosswalks, the result was just what you'd expect, the more expensive the car, the less likely to stop.
http://sfist.com/2012/02/28/drivers_of_ ... _jerks.php

Turns out Prius drivers are jerks too
http://junkscience.com/2012/03/12/prius ... -to-cheat/

Call it Silver Spoon syndrome or maybe Nellie Olson disease, lol.

I call it the entitlement syndrome. I spent many years doing a job where one of my duties was to direct and park traffic when needed and I can attest to the fact that the people most likely to ignore directions and park wherever the heck they want too fall at the ends of the spectrum. The very wealthy people often feel entitled to park where they want because they have places to go and things to do, but by the same token the structurally poor who own junky cars behave the same way because nobody has a right to look down on them and tell them what to do. 99% of the people in the middle park where you point for them to park, only 80% or so of the Entitled wealthy and Entitled poor do the same thing. It is all about the attitude, the majority of people on both ends are understanding and polite but the jerks on the ends stick out and get noticed.

[Keith_McClary]

Turns out Prius drivers are jerks too

Call it Silver Spoon syndrome or maybe Nellie Olson disease, lol.

When Pious drivers don't stop it's called hypermiling.

[Tanada]

In light of the other ethics discussion currently taking place I thought this thread deserved a bump in case newer members have not noticed it.

[Keith_McClary]

Hillary who? Bloody-minded London traffic warden defies five furious secret service agents to give Hillary Clinton a ticket

She had earlier arrived in a motorcade of five cars with around 10 security agents, Mr Brennan told MailOnline. Her car was parked in a bay on St James's Square in Mayfair, which costs £3.30 per hour.
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Cllr Daniel Astaire, Westminster City Council cabinet member for business, told MailOnline: 'Despite our traffic marshal being questioned by the secret service for just doing his job, he was in the right.

'The former US Secretary of State was parked for nearly 45 minutes without paying. I’m sure she will understand that we have to be fair to everyone, regardless of their status on the world stage.

'For future reference, Mrs Clinton can now also download a parking app for her iPhone which will tell her in real time where a parking space is in the City of Westminster.'
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A spokesman for Mrs Clinton - who does not enjoy diplomatic status or numberplates - has not yet responded ...

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I want to put in a speech bubble: "I don't care if she's the bloody queen".