Born Rich

I watched Born Rich this weekend, which is a documentary by Jamie Johnson, of the Johnson & Johnson family. Jamie interveiws a bunch of the New York ultra-rich youth. These are all people he knows, and most of the tension in the film seems like it could be made up. Take away the massive amount of money these people have, and it seems you could find the same self absorbed crew in any town in America.

Which made me realize the same system that permeates the public schools have managed to infect everyone, include those that go to extremely private schools in this country. Almost everyone in this film seemed to accept the current propaganda about the history of rich people in this country. These are sons, daughters, and grandsons of entrepenuers who do not seem to question the standard story that their ancestors were theives. In fact, they can't seem to break out of the story told about themselves. They appear to be playing theatre and stressed because they don't know when to end, when do they get to stop playing the rich kid and get on with real life.

The only person who seemed to have any sense was Ivanka Trump, and I think this was mainly because she appears to like her family. In any case, she is interested in doing the same sort of thing her dad does. The sense of purpose informs her life.

Which is the key. If you have twenty billion dollars, you kind of need a twenty billion dollar problem to solve. And it doesn't hurt if you make money doing it.

The saddest part, besides the complete lack of God in these people's lives, is the destruction of the family. The sense of family, of continuing the line, of improving and expanding the clan, all this has been utterly rooted out of these people. So much for evolution.