by KaiserJeep » Sat 02 Dec 2017, 14:22:45
The problem with all of you and your opinions about Capitalism is the assignment of blame. I personally do not care whether you are a devotee of Capitalism or a deluded little pinko communist. But I have to point out that 10,000 years ago when Stone Age humans invented fishing, trade caravans, prostitution, religion, and all manner of other things, all we were really doing is overlaying ape instincts with a thin veneer of cultural traditions. "Capitalism" is not a system, nobody invented it, the most anybody ever did before the science we call Anthropology was invented, was observe and describe natural human behavior - with the important distinction that the nature of mankind as a primate was not understood.
Do you get it yet? There is nobody in charge of the economy, no person or group, no rules that apply universally, no "system" exists, there is nothing there for you to rant and rave against. A lot of you appear to be reacting to my disclosure that I have a net worth of over $1M. Me and the wife togather, adding in the property on Nantucket, are now worth over $2M. We acquired this property and money by working, saving, and playing by the unwritten rules of Capitalism. We have created a trust and will almost certainly designate my daughter as the new trustee, and she will have to pick one of her kids to succeed her as trustee. The idea will be that there will be at least two family vacation homesteads in Wisconsin and Nantucket, and our descendants will still have to earn a living, but will have a place to go and recreate free of charge.
Meanwhile, lest you think I am some rich flaming rectuum, I just spent two weeks on the island picking up trash, cutting brush, clearing pine needles from rain gutters, cleaning 20+ years of household clutter (36 large trash bags) and arranging for vehicle repairs and contractors to correct some of the obvious major problems with the place. I also arranged for a couple of tons of crushed scallop shells to be dumped on the unpaved driveway, and I'm glad I won't be there to smell the stench while it's fresh. The estate won't be closed until July 2018, and we will make any home improvements after that. Meanwhile, we have decided that if possible, we will park about half of the cash for our San Jose home sale in a few acres of beachfront property on Lake Michigan, and eventually build a superefficient house there.
Your life is what YOU make of it. The things you do and the decisions you make are important, and a lot of them will impact the remainder of your existence on the planet. I have led a typical American lifestyle as have most of you. I choose to live the remainder of my life in a low impact manner, using as little external energy as possible, and conserving FF's and replacing them with renewables. I intend to enjoy the remainder of my life, and to enrich the lives of my grandkids with fond memories of Grandma and Grandpa.
Understand one thing before you go. The problems you are railing against are not due to Capitalism. There exists at this time on this planet a large overshoot population of humans, plus their animal and plant food species. The ecology of our world is suffering greatly due to the thousands of ways that this overshoot population impacts a diverse and balanced ecology. I personally believe that mankind will overcome and correct the various imbalances with - wait for it - more technology, both on this planet and in space.
If there were less than a billion humans, there would be a lot less stress, and my opinion is that most of you (excepting those whose parents abused them by instilling a reverence for Marxism) would be content and would be feathering your own nests as I am starting to do. Quit wasting your precious time railing against a system that is not even a system, rather a simple label for natural ape behaviors.
KaiserJeep 2.0, Neural Subnode 0010 0000 0001 0110 - 1001 0011 0011, Tertiary Adjunct to Unimatrix 0000 0000 0001
Resistance is Futile, YOU will be Assimilated.
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