FleasTheLemur
30th November 2005, 13:40
Before I start, lemmie define theory and bold the part that is most relevant to this argument:
the•o•ry (th-r, thr)
n.
1. A systematically organized body of knowledge applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances, especially a system of assumptions, accepted principles, and rules of procedure devised to analyze, predict, or otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena.
2. Abstract reasoning; speculation
With that said, let me continue onto my harebrained theory.
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By now, we're all used to the typical argument that cappies and their ilk proclaim "Communism/socialism/Marxism/anarchism will never work because people are naturally greedy. It is in our nature to be greedy." Quickly, those on the far left proclaim "Nu uh!" and list a bunch of obscure tribes or obscure tribal practices that can be shown either way.
Today, I will blow your mind by (kind of) agreeing with the capitalists. Greed is in fact, natural. Humans have a tendency to horde things. Animals may end up eating more that they should in order to save up for later. It is somewhat apart of us and maybe even be embedded in our genetic code.
Yes, I can hear all those profanities you're yelling at your monitor. Allow me to explain.
Greed at once time served as a natural tool for survival. Going back to our primitive days, I can imagine a small village out in Africa where a famine is taking place. One day, a young mother happens to find a few bushes full of berries. If the berries had been taken back to the village and divided equally, the tribe might have survived for awhile longer, but would again start to die out. Of course, if the mother instead decided to share it with her small family as opposed to the larger community, the mother and the small family would survive until the famine passed.
Nowadays, our world isn't so localized as to a few dozen miles around a small village. A famine in central Africa could easily be solved with food from another region of the Earth. The United States alone produces enough food to feed the world. What holds us back? You got it! Greed. The situations aren't so extreme more as it was, even as close as 100 years ago. We have all this technology, yet all this greed is holding us back.
When it comes to other things that are natural, we instantly limit or even squash them. There are a number of other things that already exist with our society, that is natural, the either make illegal or scorned by society. When we get so angry that we kill a man in cold blood, this is natural. When we get so horny, we rape another human being without consent or remorse, this is natural. In a rational society, however, these natural actions are illegal and if you commit them you are thrown in jail. Greed, however, continues to get rewarded... and with they desire. That's as asinine as giving a known, active pedophile more children.
With greed being so natural to some and so harmful most, why not do something about it?
I thank you all for reading my simplistic argument.
the•o•ry (th-r, thr)
n.
1. A systematically organized body of knowledge applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances, especially a system of assumptions, accepted principles, and rules of procedure devised to analyze, predict, or otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena.
2. Abstract reasoning; speculation
With that said, let me continue onto my harebrained theory.
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By now, we're all used to the typical argument that cappies and their ilk proclaim "Communism/socialism/Marxism/anarchism will never work because people are naturally greedy. It is in our nature to be greedy." Quickly, those on the far left proclaim "Nu uh!" and list a bunch of obscure tribes or obscure tribal practices that can be shown either way.
Today, I will blow your mind by (kind of) agreeing with the capitalists. Greed is in fact, natural. Humans have a tendency to horde things. Animals may end up eating more that they should in order to save up for later. It is somewhat apart of us and maybe even be embedded in our genetic code.
Yes, I can hear all those profanities you're yelling at your monitor. Allow me to explain.
Greed at once time served as a natural tool for survival. Going back to our primitive days, I can imagine a small village out in Africa where a famine is taking place. One day, a young mother happens to find a few bushes full of berries. If the berries had been taken back to the village and divided equally, the tribe might have survived for awhile longer, but would again start to die out. Of course, if the mother instead decided to share it with her small family as opposed to the larger community, the mother and the small family would survive until the famine passed.
Nowadays, our world isn't so localized as to a few dozen miles around a small village. A famine in central Africa could easily be solved with food from another region of the Earth. The United States alone produces enough food to feed the world. What holds us back? You got it! Greed. The situations aren't so extreme more as it was, even as close as 100 years ago. We have all this technology, yet all this greed is holding us back.
When it comes to other things that are natural, we instantly limit or even squash them. There are a number of other things that already exist with our society, that is natural, the either make illegal or scorned by society. When we get so angry that we kill a man in cold blood, this is natural. When we get so horny, we rape another human being without consent or remorse, this is natural. In a rational society, however, these natural actions are illegal and if you commit them you are thrown in jail. Greed, however, continues to get rewarded... and with they desire. That's as asinine as giving a known, active pedophile more children.
With greed being so natural to some and so harmful most, why not do something about it?
I thank you all for reading my simplistic argument.