I can like someone and condemn them for what they do, but what they do inside their own head has nothing to do with it.

Since I talked about the ghetto, I'll tell you the other side too, I've been in the bosom of the 1% of the 1% and believe me they're worse than crack heads. They have no moral compass. They are hedonistic satanists and they get away with everything because money is the great equalizer. I know what a kilo brick of cocaine looks like sitting on a silver platter. I've seen opulence grander than that of a Catholic cathedral. One small example, I was introduced to "a lawyer of the family" who had mother of pearl lining the walls of his office with gold inlays. His desk was perfectly carved and immaculate burl, not just burl veneer, like a solid chunk. This other lawyer was trying to sue the family and I'll never forget the look on his face when he entered and saw who he was dealing with. Dude settled immediately and it wasn't at all favorable for him. Imagine you go to sue someone and you end up paying them.

The entertainment industry is cracked, but the 9-figure plus club is a step beyond. I also understood there are many levels above them. But when you got a picture of your grandparents arm-in-arm with Richard Nixon and a 5-foot tall jewel incrusted tiger in your livingroom, you don't just have skin in the game, you own the game. I grew up poor in a rich beach community. It was wild. I was witness to both ends of the spectrum.

So excuse me for carving myself out a niche in the middle and stay out of the hedonistic pitfalls.