Viper1 said:
ManusJustus said:
| TheRealMafoo said:
Part of being a free country, is the freedom to be an asshole. I get the right to take the results of my efforts, and do whatever the hell I want with them.
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That simply isn't true. Everyone in our society is dependent on other people. Who built the university where you got your education, who built the road that connects your property to the economy, who desposes of your waste products, who came up with the idea for electric light bulbs, or processed food, or a drinkable water supply, or the process by which your clothes were produced, and the list goes on and on.
For any person to think that the fruits they reap are solely from their own efforts is a fool, and they should go live in the jungle where their actions no longer have a negative effect on the rest of us, and society's positive actions no longer benefit them. Welcome to civilization, founded 7000 BC.
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Then are you suggesting we embrace extreme socialism?
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No, I'm simplying stating that we should appreciate what others in society have done for us. You don't have to adopt socialism to realize that the school you attended was built by those who came before you, or that the idea you got rich off of was the continuation of someone else's idea, or that the business you built was made possible because of a strangers hard work in your field, or that the car you drive to work was made possible by the hard work of others, and so forth.
For people to think that society hasn't helped them accomplish things in life is sad and foolish.
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