V: "The slave whips himself harder than the master, in hope of destroying the whip."
me: Sounds like some cheesy line from Ayn Rand
V: The opposite. It is mocking you for working hard to make money to not have to work.
me: No. Ayn Rand would mock you for not being a genius who righteously crack the whip on the huddled masses.
V: Well, she grew up under a brutal, insane regime - I can forgive her some madness.
me: It's the same incalculated personal exceptionalism experienced by the privileged
V: You're feisty today
me: I'm just being exceptional
V: It's surprising how little money means to me anymore.
me: According to Bloomberg, the average millionaire feel they need $7.5 Mln to feel secure. I am guessing you already have that amount of money.
V: No, but I have become numb to it since my days of poverty.
me: Numb in your palatial suite eh? In the city at the center of the world while making six digits? I can see how it all could feel like a dream.
V: Numb to the misery of middle class slavery
me: You sound like a proper ibanker, for a moment I thought you were going to row out the galley slave analogy and complain bitterly about how you have to work ten hours a day and then go home to your penthouse.
There is no better form of self-aggrandizement.
