From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 06:16:49 MST
Olga Bourlin wrote:
>
> From: <Spudboy100@aol.com>
>
> > <<No envy here. I just don't understand how some human beings (one not
> > essentially different from another) are worth billions and some are barely
> > valued at all (no matter how hard they work - and by "work" I mean doing
> > something that takes away from one's leisure and personal time). >>
> >
> > Ok. I am not saying this is fair, or how the world should be, However, it
> > seems to be a part of randomness that serves,among other things evolution.
>
> We are no longer slaves to evolution. We have the power to ameliorate some
> changes now, and need not simply sit around letting them eat cake (to
> forestall allocating some truly important things, like ... national health
> insurance).
You know what? I'm dont' want to be a slave to evolution, but I don't
see anybody rewriting human DNA yet, so your statement is a mite
premature.
However, you may recall that I have been unemployed for almost 10 months
now, yet I seem to be one of the most pro-capitalist voices here. If
capitalism were only about self interest, I should rationally be
plotting a socialist revolution right now, if I were serving my self
interest.
As an unemployed person, the only thing that motivates me to get out of
bed in the day is the hope of finding a job that will lead to a highly
lucrative career. If only average wage, dead end, seniority restricted,
union rule dictated jobs were available to me, THAT is when I'd start
plotting a revolution, if I had any motivation to get out of bed.
Take away my hopes of captialist success, and you might as well just
shoot me.
THIS is why capitalism works, and why nobody "needs" to prove that they
have a "need" for enormous wealth. The fact that they have it is its own
proof that the economy needs people as savvy as them to handle the
responsibility of all that capital. Government certainly can't manage
capital worth spit.
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