Andy Dingley wrote in
:

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 05:37:41 GMT, Nate Perkins
wrote:

Or, to look at the flip side: How do you think that Carnegie would
regard "the rich" of today ... how do they measure up to his
philosophies?

Many of them still have similar philanthropic goals - even Bill Gates.

Carnegie wasn't rich, he was super-duper-rich. Don't judge the
behaviour of the _really_ rich by that of some bling-merchant with a
paltry few million freshly acquired.


Yes, I agree that Gates is an exception in this respect.

Carnegie had remarkable philanthopic and social philosophies that were
expressed very politically. Today in America it is not vogue to have a
such a viewpoint, and if Carnegie were alive today he would not be on the
winning political side.