i don't see why i should be held back by others if i possess the means to better myself.
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How many of you would be willing to accept an equal suffering? If you lived in an egalitarian community/society and that community was suffering due to some economic loss or natural disaster would you remain with the community knowing that if you were to leave and begin to horde certain resources etc you would be better off than the group? I’m not talking about abject poverty of the group just a lower quality of life compared to what an individualist approach offered.
<span style=\'color:red\'>Any power must be the enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and force, whether it arises under a Fascist or Communist flag. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual.
- Albert Einstein </span>
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Lenin was one of the greatest enemies of Socialism...
Noam Chomsky</span>
i don't see why i should be held back by others if i possess the means to better myself.
"The usual terminology of political language is stupid. What is 'left' and what is 'right'? Why should Hitler be 'right' and Stalin, his temporary friend, be 'left'? Who is 'reactionary' and who is 'progressive'? Reaction against an unwise policy is not to be condemned. And progress towards chaos is not to be commended." - Ludwig von Mises
I personally dont see it as your desire, its what will happen as a result of your desire.
The community would get angry if you begin to create this property-inequality, and attack you as a result.
"Brought up in the darkness of barbarism, they have no idea that it is possible for them to attain any higher condition; they are not even sentient enough to desire to change their situation...
They eat, drink, breed, work...and die." - 19th Century English Capitalist
Who's telling you that you would have to do that in a socialist environment?
well if you assume that my labor is somehow equal to another's than obvisouly the benefits of my labor will be the same and thefore by that admission my condition is being held back by those who aren't my equals.
"The usual terminology of political language is stupid. What is 'left' and what is 'right'? Why should Hitler be 'right' and Stalin, his temporary friend, be 'left'? Who is 'reactionary' and who is 'progressive'? Reaction against an unwise policy is not to be condemned. And progress towards chaos is not to be commended." - Ludwig von Mises
When the shit hits the fan, run? I don't think so. Equal rights, equal work.
Discuss.
Sounds fantasically conformist.
I have met neither a religious fanatic nor a hard-core leftist whose arguments did not make me laugh.
The reason is that their arguments are actually one and the same: "it'll work because I believe in it, even though all available evidence is to the contrary."
