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BMW Billionaire Heirs Say Their Lives Are Harder Than You Think
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06-21-2019, 07:55 PM | #3 |
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Are we supposed to take the bait and pillory the ultra-wealthy for acknowledging the real difficulties in dealing with their complicated, high-pressure lives? I don't begrudge them for any reason. He said there are dark personal sides to dealing with being born into extreme wealth and a "family business" that happens to be a huge multinational corporation, and he's 100% right, I am sure.
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06-21-2019, 10:00 PM | #4 |
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I find the whole "they inherited their wealth, so let's tar and feather them" schtick particularly elementary and tiresome.
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06-22-2019, 07:27 PM | #5 |
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Uh huh... Tough life I'd bet. He says stuff like, “For both of us, it’s certainly not the money that drives us,” said Quandt. “Above all, it is the responsibility of securing jobs in Germany.” Yet BMW has been building cars in several different countries for over 40 years....
Whatever...
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06-22-2019, 09:31 PM | #6 |
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“Many believe that we are permanently sitting around on a yacht in the Mediterranean,”
ok most of the time.. we got it..
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LOLOLOL!!!!!
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06-22-2019, 11:06 PM | #9 |
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well, if they were raised right, the feel of responsibility should be crushing.
It's not like car maker is in the age where they can just sit and let things go on autopilot and it would be fine. They're getting assaulted from all front and certainly don't want to end up being the cell phone maker equivalent of the new world. |
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A bit off topic but this reminds me of the time when I went to BMW Welt a few years ago and saw Johanna Quandt there and then saw her being driven away in an i8!
(Poor quick photo!)
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06-23-2019, 09:46 AM | #11 |
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Or follow what Warren Buffett did with his kids. It's one thing to have stress/pressures in your life. It's another to deal with just living. I'm sure there are always people more destitute than others. It's a totally different hardship when you're facing just having a meal a deal versus the "pressures" of wealth.
Reminds me of the stupid coined defense used to defend that wealthy kid killing 4 people driving drunk...affluenza indeed. |
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06-23-2019, 11:19 AM | #13 |
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I have no problem with inherited wealth, but for someone in his and her positions to try and say their lives are stressful is a bit of a laugh. Smart people with hard-earned money never risk enough of it to drop a level of lifestyle.
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On the surface, working society can sit back and judge billionaires thinking they're not doing much of anything, instead they're on a yacht somewhere spending their billions. Once you become part of the 1%, the stress is not where the next pay cheque is coming from, it's how are you going to protect the very thing you built. I am sure we all know people who run small, medium and large businesses - Some successful, some not so successful. Regardless, those people will tell you it's not easy and hard work even if they are pulling in the cash. Last edited by TheBingoBalls; 06-23-2019 at 08:10 PM.. |
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It ain't easy being rich...Ya feel me?
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06-23-2019, 02:40 PM | #17 |
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If you feel the stress and responsibility of the loves of your family, consider the stress and the weight of thousands of families due to decisions you may make or not make. While some are cold enough not to care about the lives of others; I think it’s telling about a persons character when they feel the true weight of their decisions.
Wealthy or not, life is all about personal responsibility and accountability. I don’t care what certain politicians try to tell you.
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I was at the Welt building today, unfortunately it was closed. The museum was great though. No sign of Johanna...
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06-23-2019, 08:45 PM | #19 |
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No matter what you have - it's human nature to want more or something else eventually. Only happy rich ppl I know came from poverty and worked their asses off. Inherited wealth is absolutely a double edged sword.
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