“I Mean…What?!?” – Abe Gurko

Aww, poor babies. Did it hurt when the SEC yanked the silver spoon out of your ass? Andrew, Mark (and Mommy Dearest, Ruth) are trying to act like innocent bystanders, victims of their own circumstance. I ain’t buyin’ it. These boys are like the thousands, if not millions of spoiled rich kids, who on their own merit could not make a hill of beans out of themselves and resort to working for Daddy, Daddy, Daddy. And then, when that doesn’t pay enough for what they think they are entitled to, they run to Mommy, Mommy, Mommy for chunks of dough to buy houses. Having been raised in an upper middle class suburb, I’ve seen these prissy boys my whole life. My dad died when I was in high school and I’ve been fending for myself ever since…and proud of having graduated the School of Hard Knocks. I learned how to handle my life on life’s terms, to take full responsibility and control of my destiny. Same with my sisters. They are amazing at taking care of their families and relying on better judgment to get them through. What can I say, we is feyess.

You can’t blame the Madoff boys exclusively for being such big takers. The Boomers tend to be the most codependant, overcompensating, hypocrities and now we have a generation of spoiled brats who need to tug on the apron strings and suckle from the nipple of control-freak parenting. But, like anything else, we all have to grow up and stand on our own two feet. If you’ve been through any kind of therapy, one of the break-through moments is accepting who your parents were and forgiving them. ‘Cause we all accuse our parents for screwing us up. It would be critical for these boys to learn how to detach from parents that (clearly in this Madoff case) used money as a means of controling their kids. Many of us know people like Andrew and Mark, a.k.a. members of the Lucky Sperm Club. We can’t pity them, we can think they are annoying and tsk tsk their situation.

Sidebar: In 1958 Michael Young wrote a  book called “The Rise of Meritocracy”, which was prophetic in that it suggested that the children that come from wealth would create a rise in the new, exclusive social class. In fact, this is what has happened, and having been spoon fed, this new crop of spoiled brats are less cultured, have limited reference and take things at face value…hence we can change the name of that book to “The Rise of Mediocrity”.

And while we are on the subject of Lucky Sperm Club, I thought it would be fun to post a few well-known (well-heeled…or shall we say just HEELS) members to prove my point.