Heros

Hero worship is something all humas tend to do, even though the wisest among us, often the heros themselves, advise against it. Maybe human nature needs heros, and maybe we can learn to see the hero in us all.

Three of mine are Einstein, Crockett, and Truman. Three dead white men. Need some women in their, and maybe a little color too. Maybe somebody living....and maybe somebody who aint american...hmmm....

OK, let's try Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. What great guys! Perfect examples of corporate capitalism and investing gone right. Mighty strange heros for a socialist such as myself. Maybe I'm just plain open minded.

Obviously, a hero can be either rich or poor in my criteria. But I need to establish for myself some female heros, and some non American...

Buffet and Gates are great because they are giving away most of their money to improve the lives of as many other people as possible. They made their money by doing what they loved, and doing it well. The older they get, the wiser they get, and the more generous and loving toward humanity.

Einstein, Crockett, and Truman never had a dime between them, although Einstein never tried to. Buffet and Gates are just the opposite. A strange pantheon of heros.

Can you imagine such a thing! Liberals and conservatives seeing each other's point of view, and tolerating, accepting, agreeing! Less sexy than bashing and attacking, but more productive, and, really, more realistic.

Several years ago , as thousands of protesters raised hell outside a G8, (now G20) meeting, Gates said something like : " I may be wrong, but what I think what they  (the protesters) are trying to say is: how can we create systems which better  distribute the wealth and prosperity of the world?"

Gates was right, of course.  Entirely correct. And open minded to boot.

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