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The Aristocracy of pull
"Moneywillnotpurchasehappinessforthemanwhohasnoconceptofwhathewants:moneywillnotgivehimacodeofvalues,ifhe’sevadedtheknowledgeofwhattovalue,anditwillnotprovidehimwithapurpose,ifhe’sevadedthechokeofwhattoseek.Moneywillnotbuyintelligenceforthefool,oradmirationforthecoward,orrespectfortheincompetent.Themanwhoattemptstopurchasethebrainsofhissuperiorstoservehim,withhismoneyreplacinghisjudgment,endsupbybecomingthevictimofhisinferiors.Themenofintelligencedeserthim,butthecheatsandthefraudscomeflockingtohim,drawnbyalawwhichhehasnotdiscovered:thatnomanmaybesmallerthanhismoney.Isthisthereasonwhyyoucallitevil?
"Onlythemanwhodoesnotneedit,isfittoinheritwealth—themanwhowouldmakehisownfortunenomatterwherehestarted.Ifanheirisequaltohismoney,itserveshim;ifnot,itdestroyshim.
Butyoulookonandyoucrythatmoneycorruptedhim.Didit?Ordidhecorrupthismoney?Donotenvyaworthlessheir;hiswealthisnotyoursandyouwouldhavedonenobetterwithit.Donotthinkthatitshouldhavebeendistributedamongyou;loadingtheworldwithfiftyparasitesinsteadofone,wouldnotbringbackthedeadvirtuewhichwasthefortune.Moneyisalivingpowerthatdieswithoutitsroot.Moneywillnotservethemindthatcannotmatchit.Isthisthereasonwhyyoucallitevil?
"Moneyisyourmeansofsurvival.
