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thesaneone
reply to post by crazyewok
I hear what you are saying but my point is we would be happier if we only worried about ourselves.
Visitor2012
This is much more than rich people enjoying their riches, this is about people Exalting themselves.edit on 21-10-2013 by Visitor2012 because: (no reason given)
Spookybelle
Those with massive wealth are not nearly as sinister as those who think they have a right to dictate how much someone should have.
Eventually you will start dictating what people can eat, how they can dress, and how they should live.
No thanks!
AboveBoard
!reply to post by therealguyfawkes
I agree with you in this. So what is a possible, viable solution to current norms of Capitalism? Well...I like this one! It doesn't take a bloody revolution - merely a revolution in thought within the systems already in place.
Spookybelle
Those with massive wealth are not nearly as sinister as those who think they have a right to dictate how much someone should have.
Eventually you will start dictating what people can eat, how they can dress, and how they should live.
No thanks!
TheBlackHat
SevenThunders
reply to post by DeadSeraph
pathetic lefiist administration, like the one we have now in America.
Rather than a diffuse body of self serving capitalists; you replace it with a small, evil oligarchy, who desire, not just wealth and power, but to enslave everyone and make themselves gods.
Leftists never seem to understand our basic situation. We are sinners and we are flawed. Any attempt to create a utopia on earth will end up as totalitarian nightmare with millions dead. If you could visit hell and talk to chairmen Mao, he would tell you how it works.
This is an observation and not an insult...but I notice your avatar is that of a born again Christian. and I find it very odd that someone who spiritually believes in Jesus. A man who according to the Bible would be about the most left wing person in history. A man who kicked out the money changers from the temple...gave free food to the 5000..and ultimatley sacrificed himself for the greater good. All these traits mark a SOCIALIST. I find it one of lifes biggest ironies that only in America can you find right wing Christians. Maybe you ought to re-read the Bible. I get God being a right winger, turning people to salt and numerous other atrocities :
Exodus:12:29-30 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
...but not Christ...he was the original hippy.
Also you seem to have a conflicting viewpoint...if we are sinners then dont we deserve punishment, by your own standars..sinners would deserve punishment..right? Yet you also state that you are fully against any attempt at eutopia as it would be hell on earth..well shouldnt you in fact be pushing for hell on earth if you think we are all sinners?
Stand by your convictions right wing Christian sinner...otherwise people will think your full of BS.edit on 21-10-2013 by TheBlackHat because: (no reason given)
mjfan48
reply to post by SaturnFX
On a somewhat higher scale, look how much these sports superstars are paid?! I remember an ad some years ago, where Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf promoted a good cause, but did THEY contribute anything, when their combined wealth is probably 100 million dollars or more? I doubt very much.
Lots of money and sports go well together, but only at the expense of the common man.
crazyewok
reply to post by sapien82
Thats the thing if I had a Billion Doller I would do really awsome stuff, but awsome stuff everyone can enjoy.
I mean why not? It cool to do fun stuff but even cooler to do stuff that loads can share in.
Hell first thing I would do if bring back Firefly