PrayingForWar
Founder's Club Member
News flash!!!
WE ARE NOT ALL "EQUAL".
According to the intent of the founders were are created equal, after that your life is in your hands. Just a little bit of independent thinking leads most rational people to the conclusion that we deserve equal treatment under the law, not equal outcomes in life. Some people are lazy, some happy with a minimal effort humble existence, some people (ahem) are idiots simply because they refuse to think, some are just born that way, some are criminally inclined and some just want to stay wasted.
Some people work hard and pursue enhance standards, some people are innovative, some virtueous and some people go out of their way to assist their peers. This psuedointellectual pipe dream of marxism stifles the efforts of people who do more than others thus holding all of humanity back. Who the hell is going to put forth an extra effort or try and create something extraordinary if all of their efforts go towards a collective that equally rewards the slothful, ignorant, or drug addled parasites?
Why is this simple concept so hard for these people to grasp? No child left behind huh? More like no child gets ahead.
That's not to say we shouldn't assist people who through no fault of their own cannot sustain modest standards of living, and if not for the oxygen thieves (ahem), there would be more resources for those people.
What's wrong with trying to enhance the standard of living/provide an easier life for everyone/everyone's offspring? Equality is only a bad thing if we are equally destitute. Sure, if everyone is middle-class or above, people like you won't get to feel superior to all the peasants, but is that really a drawback? And for f**k's sake, you won't be poor, don't complain. If your ultimate goal is to be better off than your ancestors and to ensure that your descendants will be better off than you, what difference does it make if your countrymen are equally well-to-do? That only matters if you actually want to be a modern day aristocrat--in which case, just become a CEO.
For the record, I don't really care either way as long as my rights and the rights of my friends and family are left alone. Social democracy; laissez-faire capitalism; a free market regulated to prevent trusts, monopolies and corporatism with a social welfare system to provide for the needy; or some new system entirely, I'll work with it. I see no reason to be like others on this forum and in life that vehemently attack differing schools of economic thought--those aren't the problem, folks, it's the state. Once government is under control, then if you find a legitimate reason to argue the merits and ills of various economic systems, have at it. It's mostly only philosophically relevant though, any economic system done right will work.
Oh, still on ignore btw, just felt like replying this time.
WE ARE NOT ALL "EQUAL".
According to the intent of the founders were are created equal, after that your life is in your hands. Just a little bit of independent thinking leads most rational people to the conclusion that we deserve equal treatment under the law, not equal outcomes in life. Some people are lazy, some happy with a minimal effort humble existence, some people (ahem) are idiots simply because they refuse to think, some are just born that way, some are criminally inclined and some just want to stay wasted.
Some people work hard and pursue enhance standards, some people are innovative, some virtueous and some people go out of their way to assist their peers. This psuedointellectual pipe dream of marxism stifles the efforts of people who do more than others thus holding all of humanity back. Who the hell is going to put forth an extra effort or try and create something extraordinary if all of their efforts go towards a collective that equally rewards the slothful, ignorant, or drug addled parasites?
Why is this simple concept so hard for these people to grasp? No child left behind huh? More like no child gets ahead.
That's not to say we shouldn't assist people who through no fault of their own cannot sustain modest standards of living, and if not for the oxygen thieves (ahem), there would be more resources for those people.