(August 5, 2011 at 11:23 pm)theVOID Wrote:(August 5, 2011 at 6:55 pm)bozo Wrote: theVoid,
From your last post I add just this. Apart from agreeing that god probably doesn't exist, the only other thing I can agree with you on is your assertion that you'd like to make everybody excessively wealthy.
But we know that is pure fantasy, even ,and undoubtedly, under capitalism, don't we?
I said I'd rather make everyone excessively wealthy, rather than you wanting them to be "free" from excessive wealth, if someone does not want to be wealthy, does not value material wealth or takes pleasure from other things then they can freely pursue their own desires and pleasures - Unlike you I won't force a single person to go one way or the other, nobody has any moral authority to make that decision for them.
Yeah, making everyone excessively wealthy isn't a realistic goal, namely because resources are scarce and wealth is relative. Your fantasy "camp sing-along state" is just as absurd, the difference is I'm not pretending that working towards some utopia is a realistic goal, nor am I willing to assume I have the authority to make people work towards my idealised world - You on the other hand seem quite happy thinking you know best and if you think it's something that should be done you can just go along and force compliance.
You were implying that I don't want people to be universally wealthy, as if the goal of socialism is to make everyone not wealthy. The goal of socialism is to redistribute the total wealth available more evenly across the population. Capitalism ensures a minority with great wealth , a large number living in poverty and a larger number still in between the 2 poles.
I do not have the power to force a belief in and adherence to building socialism across the globe. I am simply one of those who seeks to convince people of the sense in it.
I do wish you would keep to the issues and avoid the constant accusations you level at me.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
