Money is Evil
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- ********0
un-socialized free market capitalism is a bigger problem than money. Its a system that puts an abstracted monetary value on EVERYTHING, including people's lives. Socialized democratic nations can still be capitalistic in nature and of coarse have money but the attribution of capital to people and their citizenship, the land itself etc. is basically outlawed. The USA have fooled themselves into thinking they live in a modern socialized democracy, one where their taxes are supposed to pay for services and the needs of the people, but they live in a militarized regime that profits from their citizenship and creates war and persecution of free values whenever it can. People and resources are literally numbers in that system.
- The US isn't vastly different from Europe, both have socialized free market capitalist systemsukit
- ukit0
It's exactly the same as anarchists or libertarians who say we don't need a government.
Eliminate the government, what happens next? Chaos, followed by mob rule, followed by one mob taking over, followed by government.
- libertarians arn't against government they're against big government and for 'liberty'********
- government isn't always a necessary function of human organization either, its just sometimes the best option********
- True, but it's often the least bad oneukit
- libertarians arn't against government they're against big government and for 'liberty'
- ********0
At least Star Trek got it right.
- ********0
@ukit- Its understandable to value a the conversion system behind a barter or trade. 50 pieces of gold could equal to 5 diamonds, etc... However, when money affects the livelihood and welfare of the people to put food on the table and then harnessed by businesses whose values are only to use them to make more money. And everyday, your drive is nothing more than to make money. What you are looking at or something you choose to ignore is something more than just conversion rates and basic mathematics in a system runned by money.
- ********0
- You but y;kow what does exist. PICARD! Our century isn't ready for badasses like him yet.winnie_the_shit
- ukit0
Well, that's what I was saying, you are not arguing against money at all. But rather the social economic system we live under.
Maybe communism will return someday once we all have our DNA altered to consume exactly the same as everyone else.
- winnie_the_shit0
How evil is say... $400?
- ********0
^ It depends on how you've obtained it, and what you are going to do with it.
- scarabin0
money is only evil to people who don't have it
- ********0
^ it's a good thing that all the banks and governments have our money then.
- my point is about the perception of evil, not who's evilscarabin
- on the dollar it says "in god we trust" and then has a govt building on it. that's pretty evil********
- ukit0
"I think we just need an extra variable to work towards .. something extra (and quantifiable) that we can use to judge our success in life."
How about Fun™?
- georgesIII0
want ipad >> doesn't have money to buy one >> money is evil
- lol********
- future: no money, no iPad, no education, no job, no food... steal from poor = job, money is evil********
- lol
- ETM0
Are you then saying that Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is evil? But he's the lovable billionaire.
- georgesIII0
want baconnaise >> doesn't like mayonnaise >> bacon is evil
- Bacon was clearly created by the devil. Its too delicious, while being horribly unhealthy..ETM
- scarabin0
out of baconnaise >> store is closed >> store is evil
- in my current state of mind,
bacon is still the evilest thing on this planetgeorgesIII
- in my current state of mind,
- winnie_the_shit0
If how I obtained this somewhat questionable $400 is what determines it's evilness.. then the money isn't evil is it?
- ********0
It's the old, "guns don't kill people, people kill people".
gun = money...
