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Sigh...I just can't not. Roland00 Send a noteboard - 18/06/2020 01:20:09 AM

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Then an equitable distribution of generated wealth can be made.

As for not living in Paradise, no, we obviously don't. If we did, we wouldn't have people making those choices while billionaires exist.


Why should those workers own it? They didn't come up with the idea. They didn't take the chance with initial capital. They didn't risk anything making that business.

So let me ask you this question. Who are you to covet someone else's blessings? There is nothing wrong (or even sinful) about a billionaire existing. Having money is not a sin. Being poor is not a virtue. If we're sticking to Judaeo-Christian faith, the Bible is very clear that in and who we are...we are equal in the eyes of God. However possessions (and even talents)...we are not equal. To some, He gives more....and that will be the case even in heaven.

~Jeordam


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Knowledge is always uncertain, there will always be under and overreactions. Roland00 - 08/06/2020 07:06:35 PM 744 Views
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That yes is for which question? Or is it for both? *NM* damookster - 08/06/2020 08:23:06 PM 405 Views
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Fionwe same as other alt-left crazies Nargs - 16/06/2020 05:24:12 PM 820 Views
I dunno what's "alt" about it. We're the mainstream. Which must scare you fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 06:06:44 PM 722 Views
Dissonance Nargs - 16/06/2020 08:02:08 PM 755 Views
Do you think it's possible to disagree, even vehemently damookster - 16/06/2020 08:14:50 PM 801 Views
I'm sure it is, in some conditions. fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 09:43:50 PM 791 Views
I am not a middle aged white man. I'm an old white man. damookster - 16/06/2020 06:15:52 PM 771 Views
Evidence is not on your side, damook *NM* Nargs - 16/06/2020 07:27:39 PM 408 Views
Much like... Jeordam - 16/06/2020 07:34:14 PM 816 Views
Statistically Insignificant Nargs - 16/06/2020 08:07:03 PM 746 Views
Stats don't tell the whole story. damookster - 16/06/2020 08:06:17 PM 724 Views
You're right but on race? Nargs - 16/06/2020 08:08:40 PM 780 Views
Yes, you're right. damookster - 16/06/2020 08:17:04 PM 714 Views
You realize that's not a contradiction, right? fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 09:49:56 PM 772 Views
A few points gban007 - 17/06/2020 09:29:15 PM 773 Views
I wasn't going to say it but... Nargs - 16/06/2020 08:17:57 PM 770 Views
Again: you really are a loathsome little ball of slime. Ghavrel - 10/06/2020 02:11:52 AM 734 Views
It's not my world, it's theirs. Cannoli - 12/06/2020 11:13:14 AM 760 Views
Burning down corporate stores and taking their stolen wealth is a moral good. *NM* Ghavrel - 15/06/2020 12:04:52 AM 413 Views
Stolen Wealth? Jeordam - 15/06/2020 04:50:59 PM 761 Views
How does one determine what is Original Sin? Roland00 - 15/06/2020 05:17:37 PM 760 Views
So then.... Jeordam - 15/06/2020 09:59:31 PM 763 Views
I'm uncertain if this is what Ghavrel meant, but I'd assume you don't need proof that slavery... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2020 07:59:07 PM 759 Views
So we're talking about reparations....? Jeordam - 15/06/2020 09:42:37 PM 775 Views
Why must money solve "all" issues? fionwe1987 - 15/06/2020 11:32:05 PM 753 Views
So then money won't... Jeordam - 16/06/2020 06:09:24 PM 790 Views
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Those aren't codified examples Jeordam - 16/06/2020 07:31:49 PM 765 Views
Well that's some special nonsense fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 09:55:42 PM 749 Views
We're having a discussion...please try and not denigrate me. Jeordam - 17/06/2020 05:26:36 PM 758 Views
But I didn't clearly state I want to denigrate you. You're inferring intent. How's that ok? fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 06:06:28 PM 749 Views
Pain and Death they *actively* choose... Jeordam - 17/06/2020 06:39:13 PM 776 Views
They make no such choice. Which is why they're out there protesting fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 07:00:25 PM 792 Views
Sigh Roland00 - 16/06/2020 08:15:12 PM 739 Views
Nah I just straight up think capitalism is evil. Reparations should be paid, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 09:22:46 AM 372 Views
Fair enough. *NM* fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 02:54:11 PM 399 Views
aaah... Jeordam - 16/06/2020 06:10:16 PM 767 Views
Re: Stolen Wealth? Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 09:21:32 AM 724 Views
Rather it should be The State? *NM* damookster - 16/06/2020 12:10:59 PM 393 Views
What is "the State" fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 02:57:34 PM 721 Views
my comment was directed to Ghavrel. damookster - 16/06/2020 04:49:39 PM 741 Views
You shouldn't make assumptions... fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 06:10:02 PM 743 Views
Lemme tell you about this cool thing called syndicalism... *NM* Ghavrel - 17/06/2020 06:46:38 AM 396 Views
There's a lot I like about that... *NM* fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 06:07:47 PM 363 Views
Syndicalisme révolutionnaire, peut-être? *NM* damookster - 17/06/2020 06:29:00 PM 372 Views
I'm actually still a reformist, believe it or not. *NM* Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:29:18 PM 379 Views
Bah *NM* damookster - 18/06/2020 03:36:20 PM 358 Views
I been thinking about the different religious sects of Himboism, suddenly ... Roland00 - 29/06/2020 01:30:09 AM 764 Views
The only state with legitimacy is the Kingdom of Heaven. *NM* Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 08:57:26 PM 367 Views
Are we talking about the Mormon Sect? Roland00 - 16/06/2020 09:06:14 PM 690 Views
My bad damookster - 16/06/2020 10:20:14 PM 755 Views
In fairness, I usually talk policy goals as a social democrat. Ghavrel - 17/06/2020 12:34:45 AM 751 Views
They The Shrike - 17/06/2020 06:29:35 PM 765 Views
damookster - 17/06/2020 06:40:30 PM 755 Views
I go by she and her, but thank you. <3 *NM* Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:45:46 PM 401 Views
I try to be very sensitive to this. damookster - 18/06/2020 03:55:01 PM 764 Views
It means a great deal to me. I can't overstate how much it means to your grandson. *NM* Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 04:04:53 PM 412 Views
Catholicism by itself is a Performance Arts Piece Roland00 - 18/06/2020 01:17:45 AM 712 Views
A Catholic?! What?! I'm an Episcopalian. Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:45:24 PM 779 Views
No thanks. Not into non-democracies. *NM* The Shrike - 17/06/2020 06:26:29 PM 375 Views
Ah a fellow Devil's Party Member. *NM* Roland00 - 18/06/2020 01:13:37 AM 361 Views
I can empathize with this view, actually, though I no longer hold it. *NM* Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:47:24 PM 385 Views
That's the debate, isn't it. Jeordam - 16/06/2020 06:16:10 PM 708 Views
Economists have been arguing this for over 400 years. Roland00 - 16/06/2020 08:22:57 PM 750 Views
You could let the market determine that, I guess. Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 08:56:23 PM 746 Views
Because we do not live in Paradise. Jeordam - 17/06/2020 05:36:58 PM 722 Views
Exactly. So the worker should own the means of production with other workers. Ghavrel - 17/06/2020 06:11:21 PM 742 Views
So my question then is.... Jeordam - 17/06/2020 06:46:11 PM 786 Views
Sigh...I just can't not. Roland00 - 18/06/2020 01:20:09 AM 710 Views
You know "talent" in the Bible is explictly referring to money, right? Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:43:11 PM 777 Views
Jesus also said it is easier for a camel to pass though a needle's eye... damookster - 18/06/2020 03:49:43 PM 704 Views
This is true! Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 04:04:16 PM 763 Views
Thou shalt not steal. *NM* The Shrike - 15/06/2020 11:10:34 PM 345 Views
"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel." *NM* Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 09:19:26 AM 379 Views
"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's" *NM* damookster - 16/06/2020 12:13:15 PM 346 Views
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. *NM* The Shrike - 16/06/2020 12:15:04 PM 364 Views
"Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you..." *NM* Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 10:15:41 PM 381 Views
Is a concern of mine gban007 - 08/06/2020 10:16:09 PM 743 Views
A natural experiment fionwe1987 - 08/06/2020 10:42:34 PM 718 Views
Yes, we probably will. But demonstrators wearing masks are not normal life. Ghavrel - 09/06/2020 07:10:31 AM 762 Views
I'm not sure that's a valid comparison. damookster - 09/06/2020 05:57:31 PM 732 Views
Agreed. These aren't comparable situations. fionwe1987 - 09/06/2020 06:09:27 PM 754 Views
Down South that is called Communism Mookie. Roland00 - 09/06/2020 06:32:06 PM 733 Views
Alabama is down south, right? aerocontrols - 09/06/2020 10:08:15 PM 721 Views
I was comparing it to a control situation of no state action in response to SARS-CoV-2. Ghavrel - 10/06/2020 02:09:19 AM 738 Views
We have all the same rules here in Seattle Bad Ash - 10/06/2020 07:45:59 PM 762 Views
I figured you aerocontrols - 09/06/2020 10:09:36 PM 718 Views
About your original question... fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 09:25:38 PM 758 Views
that is encouraging damookster - 17/06/2020 09:44:10 PM 757 Views
Re: that is encouraging fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 10:10:34 PM 691 Views
Seems indoors with strangers is more a predictor than outdoor protests. Roland00 - 27/06/2020 02:38:07 AM 828 Views
Tips, maybe? fionwe1987 - 27/06/2020 05:10:30 AM 750 Views
Perhaps Roland00 - 27/06/2020 10:19:39 PM 671 Views
A 315 city study, BLM protests did not cause a spike in COVID cases. Roland00 - 27/06/2020 10:19:05 PM 735 Views
Sigh, here is some bad news. Case Reports and a Lab study suggests COVID may cause type 1 diabetes Roland00 - 28/06/2020 06:11:45 AM 713 Views
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