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To: elmatador who wrote (6962)	8/12/2001 2:43:27 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74559

ElMat, you are changing the meaning of the word democracy. dictionary.com <Democracy is just a type of government system in which one country has a government comprised of three independent powers: Executive, Legislative and Judiciary. But that doesn't have anything to do with freedom. Hey India is democratic country! Indonesia was considered to be a democratic country too!> India is an excellent example of how democracy is nothing to do with a country doing well in an economic sense. It has more poverty per square metre than the rest of the world put together. However, India is a very pleasant place in many ways. People seem happy. I wouldn't bet that the USA has more happiness per capita than India. Wealth is a very weird thing which we all want yet our happiness doesn't increase more than temporarily. We just love retail therapy, but like heroin, we need more!! When wealth distorts our lives too much, we get unhappy! SWS, sudden wealth syndrome mmcinstitute.com finance.smartpros.com being quite a worry a couple of years ago for some people. SPS is worse = sudden poverty syndrome, which is very, very common now... <In fact, the MMCI has compiled a list of symptoms and has found that people suffering from SWS tend to have a least three. They include: Increased Anxiety/Panic Attacks Money-Related Ruminations: Recurrent, persistent money-related thoughts that may become obsessive. "Ticker Shock": Marked cycling of anxiety and depression in response to stock market volatility. Sleep Disorders Irritability Identity Confusion: Uncertainty as to who they are now and what is important to them. Fear of Loss of Control Paranoia: Such as excessive concerns about being exploited by others. Depression Guilt "Guilt is a big one," emphasized Watson. "In my new world, there are other millionaires that I'm rubbing shoulders with, living a faster lifestyle maybe, sitting in first class or whatever it might be. Then I go home and visit my parents for Thanksgiving and they're still in their little three-bedroom bungalow." Watson says there are practical challenges that stem from that guilt, such as how to deal with long-lost relatives who show up asking for money, how to handle jealousy among siblings, or whether to increase the size of Christmas gifts. But she says there is a more fundamental and basic issue that must first be addressed. "How do they bridge their old sense of themselves and their former expectations with who they are now? That's a big question," she said. "That's a part of what sends people into this tailspin is they have to change their values. They have to say, 'Okay, what's going to give me day-to-day meaning now that I'm not waiting for my next paycheck or waiting to pay off my mortgage?'" > Mq