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Of Success in America:: "Money, Power, Respect: 3 the hard way"
Money, Power and Respect are 3 concepts that can determine one's success in America. These ideas contribute to one's image and how that image is read. Ironically, money can lead to one having a lot of power, that amount of power can determine how much respect you can potentially have.
$Money!
"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy things that make you happy."
People who are wealthy are seen as successful in America. Wealth alone says that the person has worked hard to some degree to get where they are in life. However, the ways in which they get the money that he/she has also contributes to that view of success. Money runs the free world; actually money runs the world in general. With that, when you have a significant amount of something that has a very large impact on the world, you in turn have a lot of power.
#Power!
In the United States, the power in government is divided in 3 ways and is balanced via a system of "Checks and Balances" ..Our government is considered successful based on how they use the power that they have. As being held accountable for most of the decisions made in the free world, it is important to make sure that significant amount of power is placed in good hands.
“All power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
We would hope that power would be used for the greater good, however, what we fail to recognize the moral weaknesses that develop from having so much power. While having a lot of power can be a sign of success, the ways in which one uses that power also contributes to that view of success. Those who have the most power on a larger scale are usually the most respect.
->Respect
As stated earlier, these concepts build from each other... The amount of money and/or power one may have can be a factor that determines how much one is respected. (I am in no way limiting respect as being based off of wealth and power).. When we think about what we see in the media, and every day life, we are always looking for ways to make are lives more efficient, easier, and more profitable. These concepts appeal to that very idea. People are looking to get "corporate/fortune 500" benefits with out having to work as hard as the blue collar. In general, those corporate jobs get more respect than that of the blue collar jobs. Think about the word "corporate" in general.. what ideas come to mind? I think of Money and Power... from that money and power, those people gain much respect.
In closing, there are many ways to go about achieving success in America; these are just a few factors that I believe contribute to that ultimate success.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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