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Originally Posted by Jazuela
Yeah I can't imagine why anyone would continue trying to make millions MORE dollars than the millions they already have, when they can just hand the whole shebang over to an independent board and rest easy on their laurels. Unless - they get sucked into the more-is-more mentality, which is what most uber-wealthy people have.
The Morses aren't doing diddly for the community. They're destroying it. The community was farmers. They've displaced the farmers, razed the farms, displaced the animals that lived on the farm, sown chaos into the environment and infrastructure of Florida's beautiful wildlife areas. They're "paved paradise and put up a parking lot." So from the "community" standpoint - they've been nothing but destructive, and everyone who lives there now (including myself) is a contributor to that destruction.
Pretending otherwise is just denial. A person has to really want to not believe the truth, to believe the Morse family has any interest in altruism or their step-great-granddad's legacy at this point. Perhaps it's a self-defense mechanism, so you don't feel guilty about the abject destruction you really are contributing to: pretend it's not happening.
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I believe that once you live here you will change your mind. Please don't miss The State of The Villages once a year at the Sharon. You must get there early to get tickets, but they are free. It isn't hard to feel the good stuff about the Morse family when you go to this. We went once and now don't try to go so that as many as possible can see this very good presentation of a family that has all the right stuff, in my opinion.
I also believe that "uber-wealthy" people often are people who started out with not much and got up early and worked hard, and then they did it over again and became more and more and more successful. They did not change. They still love their families and watch their money, many of them. I think it is just as wrong to malign the rich as it is to look down on the poor. Should we say to our children, I want you to go to college, but for God's sake don't be monetarily successful???
If it were your son or your daughter, you would be proud of what they have done and what they are still doing. The Morses are from mid-America, they are so like the people I have always known. They wear jeans and regular clothes and they adore their kids and grandkids and there isn't any thing about them that is false when you hear them speak and interact.
Long may they live and prosper.