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Oh good. I was worried that you meant some people might act so as to harm their bodies or property.
Glad you have been reassured.
Oh good. I was worried that you meant some people might act so as to harm their bodies or property.
The serfs were not living in a society where they have mass opportunity to seek their way in life.
Yeah... graduated taxation is a real privilege.
Individuals have control, have the power, even in this socialist society.
When government penalizes wealth
and pours on regulation the poor have a more difficult time with upward mobility.
When government doesn't try to level things out, when it allows people to be as wealthy as they like there are more jobs and that fuller employment raises wages.
Define social justice.
Jealousy is the only real issue. A spotlight shined upon it in the last election; some were against Mitt simply for being rich.
It's not the wealth gap per se, it's the legislation behind it.
the unequal distribution of income
and so working hard like animals and being treated like animals
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What is Social Justice?
In Australia, we have a pretty good understanding of what justice is. You know, justice is that thing that involves courts and lawyers, which makes sure that the bad guys get punished, the good guys get compensated, and that everyone gets a fair go...
But what happens when society itself is the 'bad guy'? What happens to justice when our spending habits keep people enslaved? When the law or national policy victimises the poor and marginalised? When community attitudes stop people from receiving the support and assistance they desperately need?
The answer? When society is the perpetrator of injustice, unfairness is tolerated, accepted, even regarded as 'necessary'.
And social injustice won't end until someone stands up for those who don't have the ability to stand up for themselves.
That's really what we're on about when we talk about social justice - it's the pursuit of justice purely for someone else's sake. It's the pursuit of justice even if we don't get any benefit from the outcome. It's the pursuit of justice even if we ourselves need to make sacrifices in order to ensure everyone receives the same fair go.
What is Social Justice? » salvos.org.au/more/
Nonsense. It's "jealous" in the way that the owns of stolen property is "jealous" of the thief who took it. The wealth divide is caused by corruption, and the plutocrats on top are thieves, nothing more. They do not deserve their wealth because they only have it due to the corrupt relationship the rich have with government.
If income is distributed based upon the need for a worker, the workers skill, the ease of replacing said worker and the amount such a worker should earn in a competitive labor market, then those who work like animals and are treated like animals pretty much have chosen that life style for themselves, not society. At least here in America, there are still lots of opportunity for people to better themselves and earn more. The only reason for so many people to be qualified only to scrub toilets is because they haven't taken the opportunities available and done something with those opportunities. There are some, the functional mentally disabled who might never reach above that level even if they tried, but we also have aide to such people and they like having a job.
Perhaps you could give us some example of this "social injustice" of unequal distribution of income. If someone wants to earn CEO pay, then they do what is necessary to become a CEO, otherwise, tough donuts. If someone doesn't like their pay, then they can go elsewhere or make themselves more valuable. They don't show they are willing to work hard and improve themselves, then why should others give a damned about them.
Define real socialism.
Socialism derives from Marx and he defined it as the process/method of moving from capitalism to communism. Some now wish to remain at socialism or part socialism without moving to communism. While an authoritarian government is not a requirement of socialism, any government pursuing socialistic agendas must be, in part, authoritarian in nature, whether they are democratically elected or are outright dictators. Socialism is not a form of government, but can be actions taken by the government acting in the "best interests" of "society" by forcing compliance with social and economic desires of the socialist. Any government that pursues elimination of class or reduction in class differences, whether based upon social or economic measures, is socialistic in nature. Since they are socialistic, they are socialist.
Some pursue protecting classes based also based upon different measures. Class will always exist, but a persons class, imo, is based upon the individuals own merits. Any government that does not protect class based upon artificial structures or does not attempt to end class, but instead bases it upon individual merit/achievement can be said to be a Meritocracy. Something that like true Communism, does not currently exist.
I fully support Meritocracy, not unlimited Democracy, not corporatism, not socialism, not dictatorships nor any form of government that hinders the individuals right to achieve or stops people from experiencing the negative affects of their own choices.
Nonsense. It's "jealousy" in the way that the owner of stolen property is "jealous" of the thief who took it. The wealth divide is caused by corruption, and the plutocrats on top are thieves, nothing more. They do not deserve their wealth because they only have it due to the corrupt relationship the rich have with government.
Yeah, the reason why cardiologists make more than high school drop outs stocking shelves in the Piggly Wiggly is because the former are corrupt.
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Yeah, the reason why cardiologists make more than high school drop outs stocking shelves in the Piggly Wiggly is because the former are corrupt.
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Apparently the problem is not serious enough since the Obama government has to import poor anti-Americans from around the world to make the situation a million times worse.
its not a problem for people willing to go out and make their own way, for those with less work ethic, it is a biggier crisis for them
Wealth is not about work ethic in our system. It is about lobbyists, corruption, and nepotism.
With a little bit of luck hard work can take you all the way to the top of the middle class; maybe six or seven figures. But hard work can never bring true wealth.
I watch about 500.
Really? neither Jobs or Gates were wealthy in the beginning
In 1982, Cuban moved to Dallas, Texas. Cuban first found work as a bartender,[19][20] then as a salesperson for Your Business Software, one of the first PC software retailers in Dallas. He was terminated less than a year later, after meeting with a client to procure new business instead of opening the store.[21]
Mark Cuban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And you think those guys got rich through a staunch devotion to fair play and fee markets? You think a corporate plutocrat who makes his money off of Asian slave labor is earning his money honestly?Really? neither Jobs or Gates were wealthy in the beginning
In 1982, Cuban moved to Dallas, Texas. Cuban first found work as a bartender,[19][20] then as a salesperson for Your Business Software, one of the first PC software retailers in Dallas. He was terminated less than a year later, after meeting with a client to procure new business instead of opening the store.[21]
Mark Cuban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You have 3 out of how many people? You do realize the only thing you have shown here is that coming from middle class or less to become truly wealthy is an outside chance at best.
And you think those guys got rich through a staunch devotion to fair play and fee markets?
It happens all the time, I know at least 10 millionaires that were dirt poor as kids, some of you must live in box or under a rock
It happens all the time, I know at least 10 millionaires that were dirt poor as kids, some of you must live in box or under a rock