Universal Basic Income or Class Warfare

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Youre laughably ridiculous over moral financial success. It's okay for some people to be better off than others, as long as the lowest standards of living accommodate all human needs.

But they don’t because a tiny fraction of the people are hoarding the vast majority of the earth’s resources. The pie is finite.

Zhanteimi · 12-18-2018, 05:52 PM

When dragons hoard treasure, people eventually come and hunt them down and kill them.

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 06:04 PM

One person’s home.

Another person’s home.

Surprisingly, this is actually the same planet. The person who owns the top home is welcome to visit the person in the second picture. But the person in the second picture is not welcome on the property in the first picture. The property in the first picture is heavily guarded by government and private security companies that will arrest and even kill uninvited visitors. Even though the occupants of both residencies are native to the same planet one single person is allowed to decide who is given access to all the resources in the first picture. I get that it’s weird af that one person would be allowed to hoard that much of the planet while another person is only allowed a scratch of dry desert. Like if I hadn’t actually seen this with my own eyes I wouldn’t believe it either.

The Batlord · 12-18-2018, 06:18 PM

The second person must be a midget if they can live inside that kid.

Zhanteimi · 12-18-2018, 06:20 PM

That kid needs to be at least....three times bigger!

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 06:23 PM

I bet neither of you punks have seen a starving child irl

The Batlord · 12-18-2018, 06:25 PM

Nah I just stare straight ahead and throw my pocket change at them like a good Democrat.

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 06:28 PM

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the existence of wealth is what mathematically necessitates the existence of poverty

Yes. If a person doesn’t understand this you have to stay on this point. It gets tiresome because it’s so obvious but it’s the only possible starting point for a productive conversation about wealth and poverty. I tried using pictures above to make the same point for those who don’t read so well.

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

Nah I just stare straight ahead and throw my pocket change at them like a good Democrat.

I saw kids in that condition when I crossed the border from India to Bangladesh.

It’s ****ing haunting.

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

there's no sufficient answer to why you don't take the money you spend on Wi-Fi and donate it to starving children

not that I'm not with you, it's just depressing to know that you and I suck too

Church

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	One person’s home. Another person’s home. Surprisingly, this is actually the same planet. The person who owns the top home is welcome to visit the person in the second picture. But the person in the second picture is not welcome on the property in the first picture. The property in the first picture is heavily guarded by government and private security companies that will arrest and even kill uninvited visitors. Even though the occupants of both residencies are native to the same planet one single person is allowed to decide who is given access to all the resources in the first picture. I get that it’s weird af that one person would be allowed to hoard that much of the planet while another person is only allowed a scratch of dry desert. Like if I hadn’t actually seen this with my own eyes I wouldn’t believe it either. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	That kid needs to be at least....three times bigger! __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

12-18-2018, 06:23 PM	#486 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	I bet neither of you punks have seen a starving child irl __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html