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Originally Posted by Headless-Pixie";p="
The freedom of a job i actually like doing and getting enough to live comfortably whilst doing it.
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Who's fault is it that you have a job you don't like? What
your idea of "living comfortably" might not be an
accurate description. Why not go hit up some 60-year old Russians, and ask them how "comfortable" they lived in the USSR?
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The freedom of a political system which i and anyone who wants to can effect and change, because it's local and not centralized.
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What you propose here is anarchy. Again...did Mr. 60-year old Russian have that kind of freedom to change
his government?
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The freedom to smoke some weed whilst nude in a public place, just because i feel like it.
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But what if everyone around you is repulsed by watching you toke hippie lettuce, naked in the park? Is
your right to do it more important than
their right to have to watch some naked pothead in public? Socialism dictates you stomping that "J" out, and putting on some clothes. Majority rules, my friend. You know..."the Common Good," and all that B.S.
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Socialism doesn't seek to the rich, it seeks to abolish them.
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Whether you like it, or accept it, or not...."rich people" make the world go 'round. You might have "Jeremiah-like" hate for Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but I'm betting one of them owns that software that's running your computer. I'll bet some "rich" guy had the ambition to start the company that built your car (but then again...you're a pothead...you might not own one). Face it...rich folks will ALWAYS be more important than the dregs. Otherwise, your country's economy would collapse because everyone would be laying out naked in the park, getting baked.
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People who manage the factory should have the same rights of those who work in it. Not more and not less. Equality plain and simple.
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Chances are:
a) None of the lowly factory workers have enough ambition to enjoy the same rights as those who have far more responsibility. They're "rich" because they're rewarded for accepting the responsibility.
b) If everyone had an equal share, then who will rise above the dregs, to run the factory? Certainly not anyone who gets paid the same as they do. In exchange for being the "leader," and accepting heightened responsibility, they are rewarded with higher pay and perks.
Let me get back to you with this one...I don't speak "Queen's English
slang."
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B) Really, really don't want to join them anyway. I don't want to be a manager, i want to be a worker, just one who is getting a fair share of the fruits of my own labor.
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Chances are...you're probably getting the
fair share of the fruits of your labor.
I get it now. You DON'T want to be a manager...just get all their benefits. That's (ahem)
bollocks. Get some freakin' ambition, put away your hippie lettuce, adopt some good work skills, and maybe you'll start seeing those benefits roll in. EARN what you want. Don't STEAL them away from those who probably are working harder than you.
...and before you start defending your "lifestyle," I must say that I am 100% for the legalization of hippie lettuce. However, I also view those who use it to be unmotivated, and usually "poor" by their own devices (namely, blowing all their money by being a pothead). So maybe, once again, you're getting your fair share of the fruits of your labor.