why are most people with alot of money and/or power so creepy? i don’t know, it is usually nothing super obvious or even blatant. it is usually something in their face. a smirk, a stare. i am a renovation carpenter and have worked on a lot of expensive homes and have the ‘fortune’ to speak to a lot of lawyers, politicians, judges, and large business owners. with few exceptions, i have always walked away sick to my stomach and a little more depressed about humanity. —nobody important
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Iknorite. There’s nothing worse than running the gauntlet of judges loitering around outside the Law Courts.
“Spare change, Sir. Spare Change. Got some spare change so I can pay my annual membership dues at Ashburn”
Or getting cornered by a gang of young white men in blue suits at a bus stop.
“Hey Home Boy. What’s your investment firm? Because this is Wood Gundy turf. Do you know what I am saying?”
Creepy. Damned creepy
I agree on the most part OP. But I guess they can afford to be creepy.
iknorite is not a word
No shizzle? I stand corrected, then.
iva sonabitch u are racist and stupid. unfortunately most people think the same as u. good people are the minority now. there is no hope for the future.
With few exceptions, most people with a lot of money ie: the lawyers, politicians, judges, and large business owners with expensive homes to whom you refer also live quite unhappy lives, despite their money…
You must be referring to the Emera dude on the other site….the grin eeeeee
“racist AND stupid?” Thanks for the morning chuckle, Mike. Such selflessness reminds me that good people still exist. >: )
It’s your typical Nova Scotia “resent the successful” attitude. I see it a lot here. For example, people consider driving a car here a luxury – if you have a nice car, then wow – you must be really well off, must have a rich family or be from Tron-o.
This place is full of the most helpless winers anywhere in the country. You can’t work 30 minutes away, so you take unemployment (while people in successful economies would consider a 30 minute commute a luxury), you work 6 months of the year on a fishing boat and take unemployment for the rest, you happily accept poverty and resist anyone who has any idea to change it that doesn’t involve making welfare easier to get or extending unemployment benefits. The funny thing is, if you ask anyone around here to describe Nova Scotian’s, they will most likely say “Hard working”. LOL
Not all successful people are dicks, but the ones that I know who are, can be that way because there is always people around fluffing their egos because they need something or other from them. The dicks end up believing they can get away with being assholes because of the revolving door of ‘friends’ they always seem to have, not realizing that no one actually likes them.
is op jesus?
Not wanting to be exploited is so whiny.
Just shut up and follow the issued directives.
Do not ask questions, or expect anything better.
Being not rich is so mainstream. I’m going back to Newmarket.
I’m tired of every worker around here smelling like bait.
Open question to all my anarchist pals out there:
Does what’s happening in Venezuela right now qualify as proper “riot porn”? Or, is it kind of uncomfortable, like twanging your wire after seeing your sister get out of the shower.
I mean, it’s one thing to watch a fascistocapitalist place like Greece come apart at the seams.
I’m sure there’s no shortage of Proudhon/Bukharin/Chomsky quotes to prove they had it coming.
But Venezuela? Commandante Chavez’ New Jerusalem?
I mean, really. I suppose they might be pawns of the Amerikan Military-Industrial-Intelligence Complex supported by International Financiers. But the crowds don”t look terribly 1 percentish to me.
I’m still wondering why rich fucktards buy SUVs when they live in town.
As far as the people you describe, no one can make you feel bad about yourself unless you give them permission. I’ve met plenty of snooty, rich arseholes over the years, especially at work – if they treated me with disdain, I treated them in kind with a smile plastered on my face.
@ Ivan
I am not quite sure what you are asking. I suspect you aren’t actually interested in making an effort to understand.
But for the sake of our audience I’ll say this;
despite what you see on the news, not all anarchists are out smashing shit. Not all anarchists wear black, and not all people who wear black are anarchists (shocking, I know!!).
Most of them live quiet lives, and are probably looking to make the world a better place.
You know, better, where a few people (such as corporations which is a small group of people working together to accumulate a disproportionate amount) don’t dictate to others, or hold the vast majority of wealth.
Equality is scary to most people on top, or even in middle, and that probably includes you.
“Riot porn” I don’t know, look it up, find a definition and you decide whether it applies or not.
And for the record, I’m not your pal, buddy.
And I ain’t your buddy, pal. And you’re quite right. I used to wear black. It’s slimming. Everything I need to know about anarchists and the “better place” they envision, I learned from the kids who turned the Grand Parade into an open-air latrine. I learned that while I may not be a brainwashed lackey of Big Capitalism, it would be a very cold day in hell, indeed , that I would entrust any of those spackers and commutards with an iota of influence over what I do, what I earn and how I spend it. So, I will reiterate what I said on the Love side. You want to apply radical solutions to your own personal life – fill your boots. Try applying that to a societal level – boo hoo, you had me and you lost me.
I don’t trust the mob, even when they claim to be acting on my behalf.
Especially when they claim to be acting on my behalf.
Peace (through superior firepower)
Are you saying you don’t want others to make decisions for you? That you don’t want others to hold power over you? That you don’t trust others to make policy that affects your life?
That sounds like some straight up libertarian shit to me.
Oh, here’s your ass back.
Zuke – I agree with most of the things you say about anarchism (I read the love section discussion as well). I wouldn’t say I’m an anarchist but after reading the debate you were having with Ivan I thought maybe I was a nihilist, so I read a bunch about that and I don’t think I’m that either. “Libertarian” puts me in mind of the Tea Party idiots. Communism? HA…not sure what I am.
And although I completely disagree with 95% of everything Ivan says he’s just so damn well spoken and entertaining to read that I have to give him the benefit of the doubt. “Peace (through superior firepower)” WHAT A PERFECTLY ASSHOLISH way to sign off! But though I really hate that ‘bomb them back to the stone age’ mentality that people have from time to time – sometimes I also think ‘yeah fuck it, why not!’
I also spent some time in parade square during the occupy protest – and while I support the ideas that formed that movement and the implications of so many people across north america and europe coming together to rally against corporatism…I have to agree with him. New York’s Haligonian counterparts were fucking terrible people. Clueless. Listen, corporatism and the M.I.C. are serious fucking issues that I consider evil things and they are responsible for the shape this world is in right now – single handedly. But what did these morons talk about? Chemtrails, spy-chips, mood-altering substances in the water supply, REPTILLIANS, HUMANOID ROBOTS…
Sorry but there won’t be any revolution. And that’s why I think anarchy appeals to some people. Where do you go after ‘democracy’?
It doesn’t really matter, more and more radiation is getting pumped into the pacific ocean every day. I’m really not trying to be a doomsayer when I bring this up but our days are literally numbered no matter what we do. Anarchy? Why the fuck not! Just stay the fuck off my spot!
ustwess you are SUCH a tool.
“This place is full of the most helpless winers anywhere in the country.” (Continues to whine for the next paragraph)…I’m sure you’re just another attention-whore troll, Ustwess, but just in case you actually are as stupid as you sound, here’s a list of SOME of the things you enjoy today because of hard-working Nova Scotian residents:
1. The Telephone
2. Kerosene
3. Paper
4. The Propeller
5. Odometer
6. Time Zones
7. Rapid HIV screen testing kit
http://thechronicleherald.ca/heraldmagazin…
Thanks for my ass, Zuke. I was wondering where I left it. I have a long hard day of sitting ahead of me, Feeding the Beast, Working for The Man. Never said I didn’t have libertarian leanings, but it’s all a compromise. I spend 40 hours a week, at a job I despise in order to pay for the rest. Compromise. I don’t have grand dreams or expensive tastes. I live comfortably with my wife, my cat and my books and may God help anyone who tries to fuck with those
*Internet Tough Guy Alert*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J-y2rFfny8
If I have complaints about the way things are; I’ve also read enough history to know just how bad they could be. I have less than no use for those who think that “equality” can be achieved by dragging the world down to the level that they cannot rise above. I’m a right-wing libertarian Marxist – as in, Groucho. I use irreverence and humour to combat tyrants and despots (and those who want to be). And if I focus on the absurdities of “The Left”, well, it’s just such fertile ground, isn’t it. And largely untouched by the plow of ridicule.
Hoist – you and I totally have to move in together and live stream it. It’d be hilarious; Odd Couple for the New Millenium. Have a good one, Bruh.
I absolutely agree with you about the Tea Baggers, by the way. Morons & hypocrites. Someone should really point out to them that things like the Military, Police and Firefighters function pretty well because of tax revenues.
“Anarchy? Why the fuck not! Just stay the fuck off my spot!”
Hmmmmm – I do not think that word means what you think it means. >; )
But I do agree with the sentiment.
how could any reasonably intelligent person (who is not borg) willingly insert themselves into any ‘named’ political pigeonhole?
in some things i am to the right of attila the hun, and others far left of jesus of nazareth (cool band)
it all DEPENDS on other stuff. i may believe in one system for urban dwellers but another for rural. one system works for intelligent people but give me a cattle prod and a benevolent despot hat for the roiling masses.
some people are too stupid to have control over their own lives. some people are too intelligent to have control over others lives.
I have to echo Ivan’s sentiment that the majority of people that I know work 40 hours a week in a profession they or I despise. In my case, only certain aspects of mine gives me headaches. It provides necessities in life, keeps wolves away from chewing the door as well as some niceties and comfort to make life worthwhile.
I know it’s a Marxist-Stalinistic view but it would be nice if we were all born with silver spoons.
We were dealt a certain hand in life and do our best to play the absolute best with that hand.