Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Will there always be some people who hate my father just for being enormously wealthy?

He is a successful turf accountant and a multimillionaire who is not entirely indifferent to the poor, but is not the sort of chap who will give money to beggars or visit homeless shelters. He is wary of people who could be violent (i.e. an sports fan walking around with a can of stella artois), and will never use public transport. He is a Christian, but appreciates that none of us can always be completely selfless (we all must think of ourselves at some point if we want to be successful in a capitalist world). Does this mean that many people less fortunate will always have an antipathy towards people like him? We should all make some endeavour to be altruistic, but ultimately we will all fall short in some way.

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