How should schemers educate their children?

I'm trying to create a nation that is greedy, opportunistic & obsessed with profits and trade. They are cunning, treacherous schemers that will swindle you despite all the pleasantries and assurances to the contrary. If they had any religion it would be Ferengi rules of acquisition

Basically a I'm constructing humans that have combination of psychological traits from fictional races (Ferengi, Hutts, Goblins, Toydarians) and stereotypes about middleman minorities (Jews, Chinese, Parsi, Lebanese, Indian).

How should Volto parents educate their children in the art of scheming, hyprocrisy and taking advantage of others?

1st Edit

Just to make something clear, Volto are hypocrites. Honesty for thee, not for me. There's nothing wrong with doing something illegal as long as you don't get caught. In public every Volto would present themselves as honest and trustworthy, but that's only a facade. They will stab you in the back the first moment it's to their advantage, and can get away with it. As long a you outlived your usefulness, they'll drop you like hot potato.

No successful Volto will ever tell how they really earned their fortune. They might (shadow)write a book how they worked hard and had a foresight to invest in the right time. But you could be sure that's only intended for gullible fools. The only way that Volto could learn how their things are really done is through experience, from close family and extremely rarely from good friend or mentor.

2nd Edit

Volto are humans.The story is set in Earth, with technological level of near past. Discrimination of women is on a Mad Men level.

posted almost 8 years ago

Quark‭

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