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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone wants to hate Rockefellers and Carnegies, etc., but they sure don't mind going to their beautiful libraries or universities or Colonial Williamsburg, etc., or applying for grants from their foundations for do-gooder-ism.

If you want to be pure as the driven snow, wean yourself off their money. [/quote]

For more information on how the titans of industry like the companies OP works for, particularly private equity, are actually sucking the life of the American economy like a tick sucking blood, read Bad Company by Megan Greenwell[/quote]

You need to cleanse your youtube algorithm. "Private equity is the boogeyman" is tired already. "Private equity" just means not publicly listed. So what. Now you're saying that the publicly listed corporations are actually better, come to think of it? No. Of course not.

And to be clear, I'm no apologist for all these corporate ticks and the income inequality that means my kids won't be able to buy a house, etc.

My point is, until the rules of the game are changed, you might as well play to win. Earn what you can to take care of your family and give to charity. Many good examples of this in [i]The Life You Can Save[/i] by Peter Singer.  He is awful on a lot of topics, but he is right on target with wealth transfer in this book.[/quote]

Your argument for “playing the game” is not compelling for me.  I have the education to work to change the game and that’s what I’m doing with my life.  It’s more satisfying than accumulating money.[/quote]

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