Socialist, and the dangers of government.

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SciFiBoy said:

TheRealMafoo said:

If the same effort can make one person 65K a year, and another 650K a year, why does anyone do the 65K a year job?

It takes a lot more effort to make 650K. That effort might not be while he is making it, but it;s effort spent to get that job.

so, you think i could be the worlds best footballer purely by putting in the effort?

shit, i did try my best, still i was not as good as Wayne Rooney, why damnit why, your logic fucked me over and did not even tell me why?

like others have said its not just effort, what about talent or ability?

also, surely the person who puts less effort in, under your system should have pay slashed automatically for not putting as much effort in anymore? 

It also depends on your talents. A talented person who is very good with his hands in creating say furniture competes on a world market whereas someone whos an accountant and very good at it only competes with people in his own country. In a world with unified accounting standards and languages the former and the latter would be in the same boat, so however much they may be equally talented but in different respective fields the fact the latter gets paid more than the former is a product of the economic system. Furniture can be exported, accounting talent not so much.