India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement

Re:India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement by hcarvalhoalves on Saturday April 13, 2013 @07:33PM (#5545124)

There is a fundamental moral conflict in desiring to own more than the next person. That requires less guilt or empathy, no doubt about that.

You can find elsewhere an study about how psycopaths are usually found in leading positions, like politicians (specially in 3rd world, where salaries are high) and CEOs, amongst others.

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Re:India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement by bbbhn on Saturday April 13, 2013 @10:07PM (#5545548)

You're grossly simplifying things. A person may be driven to succeed and generate wealth for their family because they want to be able to send their children to the best schools possible, or they want to be able to access the best medical practitioners and technology if someone they cared about were to get sick. It may have absolutely nothing to do with owning "more than the next person."

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Re:India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement by chii on Sunday April 14, 2013 @07:44AM (#5546654)

but what you've said implies that the desire to own more than the next person does exist!

If there was a limited amount of a certain resource, i would certainly have to own more than the next person in order to acquire that resource.

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Re:India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement by hcarvalhoalves on Sunday April 14, 2013 @03:30PM (#5547946)

I'm amazed you didn't see how much you contradicted yourself.

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