Lol, you guys can't get out of black and white. There needs to be competition, and there needs to be classes. What doesn't need to exist is a ruling class. People with too much money become a ruling class. The system of government set up by our founders clearly didn't stop it. Our vote and voice clearly didn't stop it, and we're heading in the wrong direction. What's going to stop it? You guys get so caught up in economic capital that you neglect political capital.

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(04-01-2024, 02:56 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(04-01-2024, 01:27 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Absolutely it does, but you have to be able to connect dots, and I get tired of wasting energy on your lack of ability.

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I have told you what I think. I am for free market capitalism up to a certain point, then I think the highest earners need to be tethered to the lowest earners. I don't have a number for that. Any line you make is going to be arbitrary. I mean, it would be until you've collected data, which is impossible to do in our current state. 

We already have limitations on how much he can profit based on the current patent system, which I'm sure you're opposed to as well. 

Allowing people to become disproportionately rich will disproportionately tilt the balance of power in their favor. It has to be capped at some point or you cannot have a republic. Not a fair one, at least.

In your effort to root out evil, you yourself have become the communist villain.  What a movie twist that would be.  You can't put one foot on the slippery slope (actually it's probably both) and pretend everything is fine and will continue to be fine.  I've never seen someone post so much that is right and then get something this disastrously wrong but I guess that's what makes people interesting.  These little political stance deviations from expectations.  And no, I don't demand ideological purity because I understand that ideologies all have their faults, even the ones I subscribe to. 

Freedom has its negatives.  Your version of freedom could be perfect "if only we could cap incomes."  You are never going to get the Utopia you're chasing.  And even if you're not, you'd be handing true communists one of their most powerful tools of control because who decides what is too much wealth?  If it's any person or group of people other than the individual earner, wrong answer.  And I'll add, you can't say what you have said without some level of jealousy or hatred (or both) toward billionaires so I think your declaration that none of that is present in your stance is disingenuous.

I almost wasn't going to respond to this post, because you clearly don't understand either my position or communism. There is zero jealousy towards billionaires. My ideas are rooted in philosophy, as is every moral. You are diminishing my position to elevate your belief.

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