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POSTED BY: ReeQueen
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 02:43
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Originally posted by ReeQueen:

Wealth, now, well....how much money does one really need? To be rich, how much money should one acquire?

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Please bear in mind that I'm a political scientist, not an economist.

Those are two seperate issues. A person can be rich despite a complete lack of material possessions. "Rich" is a state of mind. I consider myself rich despite my government job, modest income, and relatively limited cash flow. Others might disagree, they are wrong. I have my job, my health, my church, my community, my gun, and my vote. Throw in a decent Superbowl and the release of a certain movie next fall and I'm a rich, happy man.

How much wealth does one need? The Socialist answer is 'you need only as much as you need'. The capitalist answer is 'you need as much as you need'. I vote capitalist, cause it seems to me that being a slave to "only" isn't all that much different from being "only" a slave.

Seems to me that for communism to work, everyone must be satisfied with an equal share. Thats fine for the person who undertakes an equal or less then equal share of the labor and risk. But it is not satisfactory to the person who undertakes the greater risk and work load. They deserve the fruits of their labor, a greater share, anything else is fundamentally unjust and therefore fatally flawed.

Capitalism requires as much wealth as a person can get. That amount is determined by market forces in such a manner that the system operates smoothly. Therefore artificial controls on the market can weaken the overall system. I don't pretend to understand it all, but to me it means that I can work as hard as I want and achieve as much as I can. That appeals to the American in me. I believe it appeals to the American in most people, thats why people from every race, land, and culture come here to work and why every race, land, and culture has to some extent sought to emulate that which we have created.

As for those who hate us, there are two catagories: those who hate us because they know who we are and what we stand for (these are the tyrants, the French, and terrorist leaders), and those who hate us out of a complete ignorence of our values (such as 8-year-old Jew hating Palestinian school children, uneducated suicide bombers, and anyone who watches the BBC or CBS for their news).

H

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Originally posted by Hero:
Please bear in mind that I'm a political scientist...

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Then we can safely disregard the rest of your comment!

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Just kidding Hero, you're swell!

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