Rey Flemings
10 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 22, 2023 by Rey Flemings · across every show →
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Aug 22, 2023 neutral
Aug 22, 2023
Rey Flemings: Myria secured European presidential security for private American client
“We had a client who was vacationing in Europe and he wanted armed private security in a nation that did not allow for armed private security. The only people who could carry a gun in that country were on duty military and on duty, essentially federal police. T…”
Aug 22, 2023 negative
Rey Flemings: NY State rejected 2,000 ordered ventilators for unknown reasons
“Only to find out that the state of New York ultimately did not want the ventilators. I had no idea why and still, you know, kind of don't know why. I would note as a footnote that, you know, a year and a half or so ago it came out that the you know, the state …”
Aug 22, 2023 negative
Rey Flemings: Wealth decreases trustworthy relationships and access to honest feedback
“The more money you have, the fewer people you can trust, the more money you have, the harder it is for a person to look you in the eye and tell you the truth, just tell you things that you don't want to hear. And so that circle to your point just keeps shrinki…”
Aug 22, 2023 negative
Rey Flemings: Extreme wealth milestones never feel sufficient due to constant comparison
“And so you wind up in a scenario where you have made it. You have a wealth event. You've got a hundred million dollars, but that's not enough because someone has five hundred million dollars. You become a billionaire. That's not enough because somebody's got t…”
Aug 22, 2023 neutral
Rey Flemings: Modern society would label Adam Smith a socialist or communist
“The capitalism that Adam Smith articulated in Wealth of Nations is not the capitalism that we practice today. Nowhere near it. In fact by today's definition, Adam Smith would be labeled a socialist or a communist if you actually read Adam Smith's quotes in the…”
Aug 22, 2023
Rey Flemings: Concierge requests range from web purchases to impossible interventions
“The easiest way to think about what we do is this five-step Spectrum, where to the left, things are simple, and to the right, they're difficult to impossible. So, one, two, three, four, five. On the left, anything that you can purchase on a web browser. You wa…”
Aug 22, 2023 negative
Rey Flemings: Hip-hop lyrics shifted from communal focus to individualistic wealth obsession
“The music, even in early hip hop, was we-centric.
It was looking out at the world, like,
And at some point that changed, and all of the lyrics became me, how much I've got, how much money, look at me, da da da da, me.
And, you know, that me-centric thinking is…”
Aug 22, 2023 negative