Millions

[thaipete]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

[ChiangMaiThai]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

Welcome to the Jungle.

[AmericanGuy1066]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

Perhaps ask your Thai neighbours. Their answer would probably be more revealing than anything you'll read on here

In my view, the difference between the foreigners you mention and your Thai neighbours is probably down to:

- great talent as you mention

- really wanting to better themselves, and not just accepting fate

- people who have gone before them who have created a free society where anyone has a chance of making it

Don't forget there are many rich Thais too. Unlike the people above you mention who have great talent, these rich Thais aren't necessarily there on merit.

The larger question is really wealth distribution in Thailand. A better question would therefore be a comparison between rich Thais and your Thai neighbours, and ask if that is just.

The other side of the coin is what are they doing about it? What did Thais who went before them do about it? Most developed nations have had some sort of revolution, at some point in history, where the masses have got together to challenge the status quo. Thais as far as I know have never done that on any great scale, and just accept life as is.

[kiakaha]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

What about the guys with millions in cash in the bank ,doing nothing and living nicely off the interest (paid for by some oppressed middle class clones with mortgages and car loans). Funny old world.

[Edonista]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

What about the guys with millions in cash in the bank ,doing nothing and living nicely off the interest (paid for by some oppressed middle class clones with mortgages and car loans). Funny old world.

You are not going to default on your mortgage and car loan, are you ?Need further cash for my go-go nights here

[Edonista]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

I never bought a McCartney CD or paid a cinema ticket for a Tom Cruise movie , so I have no guilt here.

Saved my money to buy bonds so I can enjoy the interest for Pattaya nightlife

[kiakaha]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

What about the guys with millions in cash in the bank ,doing nothing and living nicely off the interest (paid for by some oppressed middle class clones with mortgages and car loans). Funny old world.

You are not going to default on your mortgage and car loan, are you ?Need further cash for my go-go nights here

Never had either.

[blizzard]

if you could get people to buy tickests to watch yr neighbor s work they would get paid handsomely too.

is op for real?

Edited December 3, 2007 by blizzard

[007]

I never bought a McCartney CD or paid a cinema ticket for a Tom Cruise movie...

And never enriched Bill Gates by buying or using Microsoft products?

Edited December 4, 2007 by 7

[blizzard]

wow! what a surprise. lots of bitter people here.

[kdvsn]

wow! what a surprise. lots of bitter people here.

Don't your know anything thing? Capitalism is evil. If some people are rich it can only be at the expense of the poor. Long live Chavez and Castro!

Edited December 4, 2007 by kdvsn

[thaipete]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

I never bought a McCartney CD or paid a cinema ticket for a Tom Cruise movie , so I have no guilt here.

Saved my money to buy bonds so I can enjoy the interest for Pattaya nightlife

big LOL I have actually spent millions much to bar owners and girls delight, most in LOS

[blizzard]

oo7

are you saying you stop patronizing buznisses who use microsoft products too................lol.

[TonyLeung]

that communism thing worked out well maybe give it another try? i think 10 million died in china's revolution.

[kash]

Never had either.

lol, in other words you can't beat the interest rate for a loan, so you use cash? smart move donkey, someone will never make money in this world ...

[kiakaha]

Never had either.

lol, in other words you can't beat the interest rate for a loan, so you use cash? smart move donkey, someone will never make money in this world ...

in other words, next baseless presumption please ? "Never had either" can mean many different things Einstein.

[Edonista]

I never bought a McCartney CD or paid a cinema ticket for a Tom Cruise movie...

And never enriched Bill Gates by buying or using Microsoft products?

You think there is a single original Microsoft software program in all Thailand ? (apart the first one used to make all the copies, that is... )

[kiakaha]

I never bought a McCartney CD or paid a cinema ticket for a Tom Cruise movie...

And never enriched Bill Gates by buying or using Microsoft products?

You think there is a single original Microsoft software program in all Thailand ? (apart the first one used to make all the copies, that is... )

most people use Microsoft Operating Systems and other products every day without even knowing it.

1 such example is the OS that runs ATM machines here

[Naam]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

What about the guys with millions in cash in the bank ,doing nothing and living nicely off the interest (paid for by some oppressed middle class clones with mortgages and car loans). Funny old world.

some of these guys worked for many years their asses off. and that in the jungle, bush and desert (14-16 hours a day, 7 days a week) to make the money on which they live comfortably now. not all have inherited or won the lotterie

welcome to the real world!

[Naam]

I never bought a McCartney CD or paid a cinema ticket for a Tom Cruise movie...

And never enriched Bill Gates by buying or using Microsoft products?

You think there is a single original Microsoft software program in all Thailand ? (apart the first one used to make all the copies, that is... )

there is!

[blizzard]

imagine the world now if instead of founding microsoft bill took a holliday to thailand back in the day and married a bargurl.............lol.

[paulsmithson]

Nam -so right about that! worked my proverbials off for years! Took many risks and healthwise paid one hel_l of a price for what I have now!

I resent it when people tell me how lucky I am!!!!

[seobangkok]

You get the doers, the dreamers (also classed as moaners) and the ones that couldn't care less.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

I never bought a McCartney CD or paid a cinema ticket for a Tom Cruise movie , so I have no guilt here.

Saved my money to buy bonds so I can enjoy the interest for Pattaya nightlife

big LOL I have actually spent millions much to bar owners and girls delight, most in LOS

Equitable redistibution of resource wealth.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

that communism thing worked out well maybe give it another try? i think 10 million died in china's revolution.

There's plenty left.

[Khun ?]

When I see Paul McCartney Bill Gates Tom Cruise etc. reaping in so many millions for admittedly great talent, then I see my Thai neighbors slaving away for a pittance I tend to wonder where justice is.

Something to do with hair style maybe!

[jackr]

I never bought a McCartney CD or paid a cinema ticket for a Tom Cruise movie...

And never enriched Bill Gates by buying or using Microsoft products?

Why? What have got against Bill Gates' success? Would you feel the same way if he was your father? Good luck to the guy I say.

[Heng]

Everyone is where they deserve to be. It's not like at the beginning of time some amoebas climbed out of the primordial ooze with trust funds, fixed accounts, and businesses. They had to be earned and built.

[thaihome]

that communism thing worked out well maybe give it another try? i think 10 million died in china's revolution.

Let's not forget the 50 million or so that Stalin knocked off making it work...

TH