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Comment by underlipton

19 hours ago

Is it? Wealth is used as a proxy for virtue, and has been for a long time. "Nobility" has two meanings, after all. Why the same word, if not the same root sentiment? Unless one definition was originally meant sarcastically.

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zorked  18 hours ago

Is it?

  Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.  [I]t is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

This guy is pretty influential in at least half the globe.

dinfinity  9 hours ago

You're countering logic rooted in psychology and economics with etymology and linguistics?

How does "ancient people consider the wealthy virtuous" cancel out "selfish people tend to make more money"?