D9: Counts Reject the American Work Ethic

Extreme money can turn any regular problem in America into an extreme threat. Elite, entitled Counts endanger America by wielding extreme E8, E9, E10, E11 Money Counts to:

• Exempt themselves from any real work. Counts can collect clockwork Free Income and exempt themselves from real work. All that’s required is to wait for Money Counts to increase over time. For a Count, any work-like activity is really just a kind of hobby or pastime.
• Refuse to show up for work. Even when Counts hold tight control over American corporations and American lives, they can still refuse to show up for any in-person work. Counts can choose to stay absent from American workplaces and American neighborhoods.
• Take value instead of create value. Extreme money allows Counts to lay claim to what others have made. Instead of making a contribution by creating something new and useful, a Count can simply raid productive businesses in order to extract the value for self gain.
• Put whims and wants over needs. Needs are not relevant to a Count. An E9 Money Count would cover the needs of entire cities of people. A Count can afford to chase any extreme whim or want, careless of what would actually benefit or contribute to America.
• Value envy over a job well done. Count are defined by their Money Counts. It’s how they keep score. It’s how they know if they’re “winning.” Counts live in a world of envious comparison with other Counts. Moving up in rank can matter more than making a contribution.
• Blame everything on the Contributing Classes. Laziness, envy, waste, over-spending. Counts accuse Contributing Americans of all their own flaws. And yet a middle-rank E10 Count knows that for no work at all, he takes over $13 million every day, 365 days of the year.