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Originally Posted by Aliantha
It is also a fact that some people come by their wealth or good fortune by working less hard than others. Just because you work your arse off doesn't mean you have the same opportunities or outcomes.
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Exactly, some people work smart... good for them, they deserve what they get, perhaps doubly so.
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
rkzenrage......what?
I think everyone should start out at the same point no matter where your parents stand. Kids in the inner city should have an equal chance as the kids in the suburbs. There are many problems with this, especially social pressures and we should be working on fixing these right now.
I am not a communist or a hardcore socialist but I do believe that no one should die in our country as long as they give an effort to contribute to society. This means that instead of just handing out welfare, we make them do community service. There are many solutions to our problem but people are just avoiding the issue because it will involve a lot of work.
I believe that it is a first world nation’s duty to make sure everyone within its borders is alive and have at least a decent chance to succeeding. Even though welfare and theft is a very good argument, people will have to sacrifice to live in the country like this.
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So, if I invent something and people buy it or I just work very hard and I make a lot of money you feel that my children should not benefit from it?
I think that is nuts, natural selection works for a
reason.
If we were naturally greedy there would not be so damn many of us LOOK people. We are the most benevolent animal there is.
However, handicapping the most successful of us harms the species, it is stupid to do so. They should be encouraged.
We are lucky Gates did not just pack his toys and go home when we spit in his face recently, many of us would have, he would have been justified in doing so. I would not have blamed him, I would have sold recent products to the US and nations that did not sue him and products five years behind them to all other nations as a result. That would have been fair.