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[QUOTE="l4dak47"] You said it perfectly for me. Serraph105

I ascribe to the "More responsibility deserves more money" mantra.

To be a famous celebrity, an athlete, or a CEO of a major company, comes with an enormous amount of strain unseen in even the most overworked slave laborer.

The weight that's riding on your actions is absolutely ridiculous...just take a look at how much presidents age after only four years in power.

I agree that more responsibility should equal more money, but I disagree with the notion (not that you said this) that your percentage paid in taxes should go down.

They would only pay that percentage if they had long term capital gains. For a CEO, for instance, that would be in options compensation. However, most CEOs outside of large and dominant companies aren't granted such things and it still involves factors outside of their direct control (company stock price).

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"]I agree with the notion that a CEO deserves more compensation than the person working on the line, but I disagree with how the extreme gap between the CEO and the worker on the line. (I wouldn't know what would be a fair salary though)Serraph105

CEO compensation as a paycheck itself is taxed as ordinary income.

To be honest anyway, most high levels of wealth are not created solely through wages/salaries and hard work. From a financial standpoint, you need at least a few of the following things: equity, leverage, ability to sustain high risk endeavors, asset concentration, and timing. Of course, if you don't work or prepare hard (or just flat out don't know what you're doing), it's untenable.

I suppose that will depend on how you define the value of high risk. Most real money in any sufficient time period is created that way.

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[QUOTE="unlovely"] You are not alone, I think of suicide and am pretty depressed sometimes too. The important thing is to try to live your life to help others though imo. From my experience self actions gave me terrible feelings. Nihilism does not mean necessarily we have to be depressed friend though I am considering opening my eyes to another religion like Islam, Mormonism or Judaism but I doubt either is that open to converts or that either will provide benefits like curing sense of a void.unlovely

It's the unanswerable question that drives us all. How to fill that void?

I'm starting to think life wouldn't be life at all if we didn't have some void to fill. Bliss and perfection is neither real nor desirable.

Plus, .

Please don't get caught into that trap. Even if you never had to worry about money again, there's still the omnipresent insecurity and risk of death and tragedy in the world. No money will save you from that. You might even find less happiness because of your lack of distractions in terms of career or "filler". And there will be many, many, many "sharks" of all shapes and sizes gunning for you.

idk what that isAussieePet

It's basically the renouncement of any meaning or point to existence whatsoever.

It's kind of a paradox to many because the idea that "nothing means anything" is still something.

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I've had multiple episodes of going close to the brink. Although I am a pretty messed up person in terms of mental stability, I suspect I am far from the only one.

unlovely

It's the unanswerable question that drives us all. How to fill that void?

I'm starting to think life wouldn't be life at all if we didn't have some void to fill. Bliss and perfection is neither real nor desirable.

Plus, victory is boring.

I mean what is the point if their is no point?unlovely

You can always live life the way you want to live it. Create your own point or follow the many diverse philosophies around the world. Just take it a day at a time. Whatever happens happens. That's what I say to that.

I've had multiple episodes of going close to the brink. Although I am a pretty messed up person in terms of mental stability, I suspect I am far from the only one.

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It has an effect to some extent. The goal is to put pressure on China and Russia to tell Bashar to stop. However, Im not sure if that's going to work since Bashar isn't willing to give up power so easily. If that's the case though, then I hope he'll end up like Ghadaffi. There is a certain line you cross where you cannot go back to a diplomatic solution.

BossPerson

Most of the military leadership and regular soldiers are Alawi, but most conscripts are still Sunni. I wouldn't be surprised if Assad is indeed just relying on a core of his forces for the crackdown and keeping the rest to the side for fear of mutiny and/or defections.