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(06-14-2012 08:58 PM)rudebwoy Wrote:  

(06-14-2012 08:16 AM)Fathom Wrote:  

(06-12-2012 09:16 PM)thedude3737 Wrote:  

These guys do shit no white kid would ever do for any amount of money.

They do "shit" no one would pay a white kid enough to do. Alas, being exploited and non-white doesn't make them noble. I agree with you that their optimism is worthy of admiration. Others in their place would have probably resorted to bitterness and white-envy.

I have found many inspiring but have rarely if ever considered anyone a role model. In the end, they're just people. However, one individual whose life story impressed me is John D. Rockefeller, Sr. He took whatever he wanted and smashed whoever stood in his way. Might is right.

The recommended biography is Titan.

Rockefeller was scum, like the rest of his family. I don't respect people that make a buck selling snake oil.

Maybe you can criticize the way he made his money but you cannot deny that he was a philanthropist. I wouldn't go as far as calling him scum.