Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Disregard of the common good.
I don't think we Americans ever solidly believed in the common good. Instead, we believe in individual initiative. Survival of the fittest. And to hell with the unfortunate. We've always believed in exploitation. And the credo we espoused, that all men are created equal, was a sham. A bunch of bullshit. Our founders never believed that. Black people weren't equal. They were born to be slaves. In America. And women, hey, they weren't equal to men. They didn't gain suffrage rights until 1918. And women are still shortchanged today in the job market. And in other ways. Anyway, I'm an advocate of the common good. Yes, we must learn to do what's best for all of us. Society, as a whole. It's taking a long time in coming. But maybe we are making small gains. We are starting to seriously question the inherent evil nature of capitalism. The greed. The corruption. The ever-widening gap between the rich and poor. The disregard of the common good. --Jim Broede
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Capitalism won't die overnight. We have to rein it in gradually. Through government regulation. And public outcry. --Jim
We need forced redistribution of the wealth. We'll still have the rich and the poor. But the rich will be less rich and the poor will be less poor. That seems fair, doesn't it? --Jim
no
Why not? --Jim
Seems to me some great religious philosophers would like the idea. --Jim
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