ralfy wrote:
baha wrote:-snip-
Our capitalist society has created the ignorant/resentful people that we all bitch about.
China is doing many things right. Education is easily available there and they are at the front of future technology. I have worked and studied with Chinese folks and these people are smart and motivated. Their genes are the same as ours but they have better opportunities and support. The Chinese make most of the solar equipment on earth, have several companies building electric cars, and are building the next generation of nuke plants. They have a problem with population but at least they give people's brains a chance. Before they send them off to flip burgers.
To say someone won't work to improve their life unless you pay them more is pointing out our worship of money. That is the only thing we have to offer. It's sad really that everything in this country is measured with fiat money instead of intrinsic value.
All people are valuable. Until we realize that and start treating all people with respect we will continue to fall apart. And unfortunately in our society money is the only form of respect we have
All people are valuable. Until we realize that and start treating all people with respect we will continue to fall apart. And unfortunately in our society money is the only form of respect we have
Cog wrote:There are those progressive words again just and equal. They have no real meaning unless you intend to take from those that have and give to those who do not. That is your real intention here after all. Take a look at Africa. Plenty of resources but a disaster because they do not employ capitalism as we would understand the word. They have no law except that of the tribal dictator of the moment dictates. As a consequence they suffer. No rule of law and no pretense to have any. But none of that makes it my responsibility, as an American, to fix their problem.
Cog wrote:You progressives think the size of the pie is limited and those who are successful are somehow eating your pie. You could not be more wrong. Your slice of the pie is determined by how big of a piece you want to create and what you are willing to do to get it.
But please continue your moaning about how life has screwed you over. I find it amusing to say the least.
GHung wrote:Cog wrote:You progressives think the size of the pie is limited and those who are successful are somehow eating your pie. You could not be more wrong. Your slice of the pie is determined by how big of a piece you want to create and what you are willing to do to get it.
But please continue your moaning about how life has screwed you over. I find it amusing to say the least.
Funny, that. The most moaning I see around here is by you, Cog, moaning about someone trying to steal your bone.
GHung wrote:Cog wrote:You progressives think the size of the pie is limited and those who are successful are somehow eating your pie. You could not be more wrong. Your slice of the pie is determined by how big of a piece you want to create and what you are willing to do to get it.
But please continue your moaning about how life has screwed you over. I find it amusing to say the least.
Funny, that. The most moaning I see around here is by you, Cog, moaning about someone trying to steal your bone.
KaiserJeep wrote:Nobody ever said Capitalism was perfect, it's only far better than anything else ever tried.....
KaiserJeep wrote: ... Or perhaps you are sniveling because you see others that have more than you do, and resent it....
KaiserJeep wrote:You would be another one, wasting time uselessly complaining about a place that has a long and increasing line of people waiting to move here. If anything you said bore the remotest resemblance to truth, Americans would be leaving here and going there.
Give it up, you are deluded as well.
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