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Originally Posted by jfman
And in markets that don't have genuine competition and/or adequate regulation it's simply price gouging consumers. In others it is extracting profits by pushing your creditors and debtors as far apart as you can then failing leaving the taxpayer to pick up the tab.
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I’m not talking about the various intricacies of various systems, blah bloody blah, I talking about human nature.
If you and your family were starving, you did not know when you would eat next and you had two tins of beans.....would you give one tin away? Or be happy if the government took away one of your tins and gave it to someone else?
It’s human nature to accumulate possessions for oneself to make life better and if someone is not doing so well as you, then it’s up to you to be generous and help....that is fine and most people are.
However, to be told by the state that you cannot better yourself, and all wealth will be owned by the state and distributed as they see fit, goes totally against human nature and is exactly why socialism/communism etc..doesn’t work. Never has, never will.
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That's not some sincere noble gesture to try and better one's self and provide for your family.
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??? I’m not talking noble gestures, I’m talking base human instinct.
Since the dawn of time it has been in our nature to accumulate all that we can, to live and to pass on to our offspring.