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SamuelRSmith said:
Mr Khan said:
badgenome said:
HappySqurriel said:

"No!" said the little red hen. "I will." And the little red hen ate the bread all by herself.

And then the lazy dog, the sleepy cat, and noisy yellow duck called the little red hen a one percenter and hired a bunch of men with guns to take all her belongings and throw her in a gulag.

This would only be an apt description if the little red hen was merely the owner of the grainary, mill, and bakery, and took the majority of the profits from sale of the bread while doing next to none of the work.

Workers deserve a reward. Pencil-pushers with fancy financial titles, do not.

Yeah, they get a reward. It's called a paycheck.

How did the hen get all that capital? She worked hard beforehand, invested wisely, and reaped the benefits. Now she's providing jobs to the people in the grainary, mill, and bakery.

She lucked out, probably inherited it from papa rooster, or had some connections, education, reaping the benefit of knowledge and techniques that she more than likely did not devise.

Which is not to say she is more indebted to society than society is to her. Mutual dependence, or teamwork. The rich pay for the building blocks for their prosperity and the prosperity of others, by keeping living standards elevated for all. The poorer contribute the labor to make it possible.

Mutual dependency = teamwork.



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