This is precisely the problem with the mindset of people on the left. They view the money people make as the governments first, and the individuals second. Thus when a "rich" person gets to keep a little more of the money which they earned left wingers view this as stealing money from the government, and thus if there is less money to give away to people who dont want to work as hard they view it as people "stealing" from the poor, when in fact the entire notion of anyone "stealing" from someone who doesnt have anything is absurd.
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I'm not implying anything. I'm asking you to provide an actual example from human history that supports your claim that in a truly free society the rich won't be stealing.
If you can't do that, you aren't making a logical argument, you are in fact making a religious one. And there's nothing wrong wth that, so long as we are clear on the issue. This is the third time I've asked, if you continue to evade, I will assume you simply can't provide an answer.
More from The Master...
"What improves the circumstances of the greater part can never be regarded as an inconvenience to the whole."
Agreed. The only place it has ever existed is in the fantasies of ivory tower academia.
Me, I live in the real world with real people, and prefer reality-based approaches. For example, I would quite like a return to revenue policies the US used to have - very low internal taxation, coupled with high tariffs.
Who is the master? Budha, Marx? Thanks
Can you name a society where greed is not the driving force? If it's not the rich it will be the government stealing. Capitalism captures this human certainty better than others isms resulting in the rise of the west. The eastern philosophy nations can not compete with the overall benefits of capitalism. I think the results speak for themselves. Thanks. Surf
All you have done is provide me a bunch more examples of the government stealing from people. And for the most part these are examples of the government stealing from the rich. And the funny thing is all you did was show me a bunch of examples of third world shit hole dictatorships (which is the total opposite of free market capitalism)
Your the one asking the question, you show me examples of how the rich steal from the poor in America?
Again since the rich are stealing from the poor in America why is it that the poor people from every other country in the world flock to this country?Surely they dont come here just to get robbed.
Again since the rich are stealing from the poor in America why is it that the poor people from every other country in the world flock to this country?Surely they dont come here just to get robbed.
Well, if you can't do it, you can't do it, and religious debates hold little interest for me.
Cheers, with one last quote from The Master...
"All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind."
Cheers, with one last quote from The Master...
"All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind."
You're being quite obtuse and can do better. The government funneling tax money from the working class to finance the shenanigans of the wealthy is theft.