Now maybe you aren't privy to the information that states the US has the highest gap between rich and poor, your in the bottom half of literacy, math, physical education and natural sciences for the world.
Unlike say China where everyone is poor? Oh, except for the small handful of extremely wealthy.
The fact that the enormous consumption of your country is destroying the planet, if china's population, which currently sits at 1 car: 10 people, adopted the US's model we would see such high spikes in pollution there would be no where to hide from smog clouds, like the ones that force american people inside there houses for lack of safe-breathable air. How about your public services? Suck! Amtrac, USPS, federal agencies.... Or when huge water companies like suez and vivendi buy contracts in american cities, and within a month water quality drops because of massive layoffs and the people paying for this water are forced to boil it for hours to use it, showering burns and blisters the skin. Is that freedom, well maybe...I guess if you want to be free it comes at a cost right?
Exaggerate much? If everyone in China had a car none of them would have room to drive them. Where is this alleged caustic water? What are you suggesting, that we level all of our cities and live in mud huts? Or, is this pure demagoguery?
We are so technologically adept we can supply everyone with everything that is currently on the market, house, feed, water and clothe the world.
That is just plain stupid. If we divided up all of our wealth among the worlds 6 billion it would amount to a few dollars each, maybe. Regardless, work has to be done in order for people to survive. For this, we need a system of trade and someone has to do the undesirable work. Someone has to flip the burgers, clean the toilets and mop the floors. What you are suggesting is merely a pipe dream.
When people speak socialism, they aren't talking about an agency that governs everything. Rather people seeing each other as one, or as family, we are all on this planet why do you have more power than me simply because you have the money or been elected into office, because after their in office it pretty much becomes who gave me more money during my campaign, which in the US now cannot be limited.
You do know that history has proven Socialism to be a failed system don't you? Did you know that world wide Socialism is synonymous with human rights violations, suffering and misery. Capitalist countries, on the other hand, are free, have the highest standards of living and produce everything we take for granted today. That computer you are using to spew your ignorance, couch you are sitting on and roof over your head is a product of Capitalism.
If you understand the corrupt nature of money, and the idea behind property ownership I think your eyes would see a new light.
Another idiotic statement. Property ownership is what makes society possible. Your new light is only new to you - to many of us, it is just an old saw regurgitated by kids who don't know better.
You can see that the only purpose of money, is to make money. Other than that, the only influence to contribute to a capitalist system, is because you might get ahead.
No, the purpose of money is to have a uniform system of trade to go along with specialization of labor which is one of the most basic requirements for civilization. Would you rather haul goats around with you to buy the things you need?
It is easy to see that intellect equal more cooperation, because it is easy to say no but, it requires will and rationalization to bring a community of everyone together to love and help each other, to see that advantage can't be taken but given. And you may say its human nature to want to take, and you obviously don't know about neurosciences because you would know that we are a product of our experience. You internalized fears, or insecurities and turned them into domineering tactics for advantage and control.
This is just gibberish.
Think about all the pointless jobs in regards to finance and defense, and like everyones favorite show The Office, they work at a paper company. Does it not seem obvious that everyone should just get paper. I mean with that many people that no longer need to work and all that empty building space, you could set up webs of infrastructure programs like craigslist, where an expert feels a bridge needs repair and another needs to be built, so he places an add and people respond. They, the society, realize that if no one helps to build that bridge I will have to drive my kid to school the long route everyday, or the reservoir will empty and dry out the watershed. So whether with experience or not, you can participate because everyone needs the right to refine their capabilities. To help yourself you need to help society.
You lost me when you suggested that instead of a functioning paper company people ought to "just get paper." Do you ride a short buss to school?
I want to borrow from a speech I heard by peter joseph, What would influence a car company to design, build and release a car that can stay functional for 80 years, uses air as fuel and doesn't pollute? Well because it ruins the oil industry, surely that method can be adapted for planes, as well as automotive repair industries. The people that make the cars have patents on the technologies that would make this possible, the oil companies have patents on technology that make solar and electric cars possible. What would influence a pharmaceutical company to release a cheap, effective, and non-harmful form of cancer treatment? It is because of this ownership, starting with property that makes politics a hit and miss, as well as corporate attitudes. The corporate sociopath is an actual documented mental illness.
More childish nonsense. Making more fuel efficient cars is a tremendous challenge - it has nothing to do with oil company influence. I had professors in college who were heavy into alternative fuels and I have a good friend who is a high ranking engineer in the field. What you are saying is pure bullshit.
Any you believe a cure for cancer is being oppressed? That is just beyond stupid.
Think about it, even if money disappeared of the face of the earth, people would still be here and for better or worse we are all entitled to everything the world has to offer. There is no thing that separates us, even when you look at the quantum level it becomes more and more clear that reality is the same when you break down the emotional barriers you put up. It becomes kind of like a pantheism.
Slavery is the act of feeding and housing your workers without pay, capitalism is the act of your getting your workers to feed and house themselves.
You have to face the facts, there is no more nationalism, no more religion, and no more laws. All of these are impositions on human life, they create facades for people to hide behind and an invisible enemy to fight with. The war on terror is as baseless as the war on bathroom tiles, if someone has the moral framework that makes them want to terrorize people they will find a way. Just like the drug war has failed by letting drugs 'actually become more available and more potent'. While I think all drugs should be available to all, without payment. I accept this is a far sighted idealism, but what makes your ideal any more applicable than mine.
By the way if everything was rather than socialized, turned dialectic and realist, you would still live in the house you do, you would still have the car you have, you would still be able to access fuel and energy and water. Because PEOPLE understand there are some basic things that everyone needs, and people like doing things like that. Just like individual gain is a fascination of yours, I absolutely love making revelations with people and rejoicing in a newfound knowledge and understanding of nature.
Peace
