"[T]he richest people took more candy than anyone else" [View all]
That candy? Was for kids.
Fascinating study: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/27/upper-class-people-more-likely-to-cheat-study/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
“It really shows the extreme lengths to which wealth and upper rank status in society can shape patterns of self-interest and unethicality[.]”
“It is that very different level of privilege in your everyday life that gives rise to this independence from others, this reduced sensitivity to the impact of your behavior on others’ welfare, and the prioritization of your self-interest,” he [Paul Piff] said.
The study considers this phenomena on an individual scale; extrapolate outwards and notice those same patterns being expressed and codified and protected on a societal scale.
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