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Poll: Would you rather be middle class in 2010 or super rich in 1910?

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Woud you rather be middle class in 2010 or super rich in 1910?

  • Middle class in 2010

  • Super rich in 1910

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Middle Class in 2010.

It's easier to get healthy and stay in shape and as long as you weren't terribly ugly or anything, there's no reason you couldn't have as many women as you would in a harem. It would all just be at will.

There's lots of reasons you'd feel richer in 2010 as middle class than mega wealthy in 1910.
 
spidey07 said:
Super rich in 1910. That way I can pay everybody else to kiss my ass and live a life of pure luxury.

Plus the sex slaves would be an added touch. Think about it, you could have anything you wanted.
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What about all the civil rights issues prevalent at the time? Would you be able to look at the norm back then and turn a blind eye to it? Plus the atrocities and loss of human life during WWII and the paranoia of the McCarthy era. Assuming you know what know today?

It would be an interesting time for sure. All the innovation that came in the next 50-100 years but then waiting for it would kind of suck. Travel between NY and Los Angeles used to take many days instead of just a few hours.
 
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JulesMaximus said:
What about all the civil rights issues prevalent at the time? Would you be able to look at the norm back then and turn a blind eye to it? Plus the atrocities and loss of human life during WWII and the paranoia of the McCarthy era. Assuming you know what know today?

It would be an interesting time for sure. All the innovation that came in the next 50-100 years but then waiting for it would kind of suck. Travel between NY and Los Angeles used to take days instead of hours.
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I would fund the mayhem. Good times.
 
super rich in 1910 means squat because you will end up super poor 19 years later and will have to live through 2 world wars. Middle class in 2010 for me thanks.
 
darkxshade said:
super rich in 1910 means squat because you will end up super poor 19 years later and will have to live through 2 world wars. Middle class in 2010 for me thanks.
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Not exactly valid since you would end up richer knowing when the stock market would fail. Not to mention knowing when and what to invest in at other times.
 
this is an asinine thread...

which would you rather be? Super rich in 2010 or middle class in 2110??

If you were back in 1910, you wouldn't know about technology, state of the economy, etc in 2010, so this comparison is bogus...
 
techs said:
Not exactly valid since you would end up richer knowing when the stock market would fail. Not to mention knowing when and what to invest in at other times.
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That's stupid, you never stated that we would be living with the knowledge we know now. If that's the case, I could be the President in 1910 with what I know now.

edit: furthermore, if knowlege can be retained, I rather be middle class in 1990 than super rich in 1910. Knowing the future is a huge advantage and makes the comparison pointless. Hell, I rather be super poor in 1990 than super rich in 1910.
 
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right here, right now
there is no other place i'd rather be
right here, right now
watching the world wake up from history
 
darkxshade said:
That's stupid, you never stated that we would be living with the knowledge we know now. If that's the case, I could be the President in 1910 with what I know now.
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Either that or just sound like a raving lunatic. People!!! We're gonna have jets that can travel faster than the speed of sound! Men will walk on the moon! Teh intarwebs! WOOT!!!11!1ONE
 
i'm already middle class in 2010 and it's not that great ... uber-rich in 1910 sounds cool ... i'm in.
 
techs said:
Not exactly valid since you would end up richer knowing when the stock market would fail. Not to mention knowing when and what to invest in at other times.
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darkxshade said:
That's stupid, you never stated that we would be living with the knowledge we know now. If that's the case, I could be the President in 1910 with what I know now.

edit: furthermore, if knowlege can be retained, I rather be middle class in 1990 than super rich in 1910. Knowing the future is a huge advantage and makes the comparison pointless. Hell, I rather be super poor in 1990 than super rich in 1910.
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I never said you would know what would happen, I just inferred the previous poster was inferring that.

However, the super rich ended up better after the Great Depression. Their banks didn't fail. They had land and homes that were paid off already. They didn't buy stocks on credit. While most people lost everything, they kept a lot of theirs.
And wealth is proportionate. While they would have lost some money the cost of goods, services and labor went way down also.
 
Well considering what medicine was like in 1910 I would be forced to pick 2010. Otherwise I would pick being rich in 1910. Sure they didn't have modern tech but if you were uber rich you could still travel all around the world, eat the best foods, see all the most wonderful sites, get teh womenz etc etc 😀
 
Locut0s said:
Well considering what medicine was like in 1910 I would be forced to pick 2010. Otherwise I would pick being rich in 1910. Sure they didn't have modern tech but if you were uber rich you could still travel all around the world, eat the best foods, see all the most wonderful sites, get teh womenz etc etc 😀
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Travelling around the world was slow and fraught with danger, not the least of which was disease. Remember there were no airplanes nor paved roads. If you wanted to see Paris you would have to take an ocean voyage, then go by train. It would take weeks to do what you can do now in hours. Seeing the world meant spending a year travelling for just a month at the sites you wanted to visit. Eating the best foods yes, but a far more limited variety. For example unless you lived on the sea shore you couldn't have fresh fish, nor could you get fruit out of season. The womenz? Yes, and you could get syphillis and gonorrhea too.
 
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techs said:
I never said you would know what would happen, I just inferred the previous poster was inferring that.

However, the super rich ended up better after the Great Depression. Their banks didn't fail. They had land and homes that were paid off already. They didn't buy stocks on credit. While most people lost everything, they kept a lot of theirs.
And wealth is proportionate. While they would have lost some money the cost of goods, services and labor went way down also.
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Well that's up for debate, not all super rich made it out of the depression, a lot ended up putting a bullet in their heads, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Given the choice of living the life of luxury in 1910 knowing the uncertainty of which side of the coin I'll land in the future just as we are uncertain about our futures at this point, I'd rather be living in 2010. Assuming I make it out ok, I'd still have to live through 2 world wars and will receive no satisfation from my spending knowing most of the country/world is in turmoil. Medicine sucked then too but I don't know enough to say anything about that.
 
techs said:
Travelling around the world was slow and fraught with danger, not the least of which was disease. Remeber there were no airplanes nor roads. If you wanted to see Paris you would have to take an ocean voyage, then go by train. It would take weeks to do what you can do now in hours. Eating the best foods yes, but a far more limited variety. For example unless you lived on the sea shore you couldn't have fresh fish, nor could you get fruit out of season. The womenz? Yes, and you could get
syphillis and gonorrhea too.
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Slow travel.. well maybe but what the fuck would I care when I'm travelling the south pacific in my 200 foot yacht with hired crew. And as for food freshness they actually had forms of refrigeration in 1910, sure nothing the average person could afford in their home but remember you are SUPER rich. And the disease is why I mention the fact that I would eventually be forced to pick 2010.
 
I'd go with 1910, even after considering Locut0s' post very carefully.

I'd rather die young but live my life as an evil dictator of my own empire than live a longer life in the middle class.
 
Super rich in 1910. For starters, I was born in the wrong era. Sure I love technology, but technology of an era is still "bleeding edge" anyway.

Super rich in 1910 means I get to live life on my terms. I'd probably own a small island or two, be extremely influential in government and business, and basically set my family up for life.

Middle class in 2010, well, look as us now. We get fucked over without lube.
 
dmcowen674 said:
You Lie!!!
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The difference between you and I Dave, is that I can backup all my claims on the internet, whereas you cannot. Hence, you are the liar.

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