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Democratic Support of UBI and Abortion at the same time is Hypocrisy

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o_O.Q said:

its a fair question, how do you believe wealth is generated?

if its just "printed" as you suggest why can't you just sit down now and spend the whole night printing money for the poor?

You can. In-fact many countries do. Russia and China being prime examples... However it comes with a little side-effect... Care to guess what it is?

o_O.Q said:

"Not entirely sure what your point is, so feel free to present it in a comprehensive manner that proves that other people should "own" the body of another person."

i don't but people who argue for increased taxation do, its just that they hide it behind flowery dishonest language like 'responsibility to your community" does that sound familiar?

I think you are side-stepping what I am asking of you here?

Dark_Lord_2008 said:
I just want to say people who keep repeating the lines "it is my body" and "it is my choice" aren't going to sway any pro-life people to come to your side.
Pro-life people believe that a fetus is alive, and aborting it is akin to murder, they don't see a difference between aborting a 2 month old fetus and killing a just born baby. So repeating the same lines at them over and over again with the assumption they agree a fetus isn't its own being with its own rights is just going to piss them off

If those same individuals aren't protesting against the consumption of animals and the death penalty... Would you agree that perhaps they are being a little bit hypocritical?

In saying that... Most things that are political tend to draw very stern views that typically aren't changeable between highly vocal opponents. - However the debate isn't about them changing their views, it's about others seeing the discussion take place and seeing the differing perspectives that forms each argument.




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Pemalite said:
o_O.Q said:

"The mother owns the body in question, not the fetus. Thus the mother should have the first and last say of what occurs in her body... Otherwise we are giving the rights of the host body to another human being."

"If the fetus can survive via it's own power, then let it, but it shouldn't be allowed to at the expense of another person."

fascinating... are you in favour of resources being taken from richer people and being handed down to poorer people?

Within reason. Money being taken from richer people isn't the same as giving up your OWN rights to your OWN body.
That is ultimately the crux of the issue at hand.

What if some random person on the street had a disease... And for them to survive you had to give up a chunk of your life so that they could live at your expense? You wouldn't have the right to say "no" either. You would be forced to do it.

EricHiggin said:

People should own the money they make, not anyone else, aside from the basic Gov taxes. Thus each individual should have the first and last say of what happens to their money, otherwise we are giving the highest earners much less incentive to keep doing whatever it is that is making them truckloads of money. Money that is needed to be able to give to everyone, to do whatever they want...

If people can survive via their own power, then let them, but it shouldn't be allowed at the expense of other people. Just because UBI is a 'digital abortion' for the highest earners, doesn't change the fact that someone is having something taken away from them. (Aside from those who choose to share their wealth)

The highest earners don't loose any incentive what so ever.
In nations with significant levels of welfare, what you describe generally doesn't occur either.

In-fact... Because there is more wealth redistribution, there is generally higher levels of spending overall across the entire populace which drives the wheels of an economy.

Remember... Someone who is a billionaire likely has a ton of money stashed in a bank somewhere, ultimately not being reinvested and thus not adding to the economy a great deal... Where-as a low-income earner will generally spend every penny they acquire...

Give a million low income earners an extra billion dollars and that billions dollars will be spent into the economy. - Give a rich person a billion dollars and it will sit in a bank somewhere.

Jicale said:
I wont have an opinion on abortion since I'm a male and females say I shouldn't but, I've seen a lot of article's and comments saying males shouldn't have a say because males can't have babies but the same groups say males can give birth when (trans-males) give birth and their real males. So males should have an opinion since males can give birth. We need some consistency.

It takes two. The male should have a say. - But at the end of the day... Because the female is the vessel carrying the fetus, she should get the final say of what happens to her own body.

It's literally an argument about property (Aka. Body) rights.

melbye said:

No country in the world has universal basic income, they tried it in Finland and it failed

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/finland-to-end-basic-income-trial-after-two-years

Plenty of nations with significant financial safety nets though.
I mean here the only difference from a universal income and our current Basic Income is that it is means tested.

Mnementh said:

Agreed on the first part.

For the second part: no, UBI is not implemented in any country. There are though some experiments and more locally placed implementation, notably in north america (native americans through casino money and the Alaska Permanent Fund).

https://www.wired.com/story/free-money-the-surprising-effects-of-a-basic-income-supplied-by-government/

https://qz.com/1205591/a-universal-basic-income-experiment-in-alaska-shows-employment-didnt-drop/

Yeah. I was corrected prior. Cheers.

zero129 said:

And the expense of the babys life? it isnt important?. Why should the mother have more rights then the child?.

Because the mother owns the body? Not the child?

Child is more than welcomed to survive via it's own accord after it's been aborted.

Unless you are suggesting people should give up their rights to their own body? Would you give up your right to your body if I needed say... Your kidneys to survive?

zero129 said:

If a woman goes and does the deed gets pregnant, yes she should have to carry that child to term unless the is some risk to her life. (And no im not talking about rape cases or forced pregnancy).

The woman had her choice and she made it in this case. Why should it be ok to take away the rights of a child because the mother has now changed her mind?.

Nope. Because what you are suggesting is that a person should give up their Freedoms to their own bodily autonomy.

Plus... Not all pregnancies are "intended". - Condoms break, anti-pregnancy pills falter.
A friend of mine had the "snip" after his 4th child. - Ironically, his body healed the procedure and he ended up with a 5th child. - They kept it of course, he has a good paying job being border control.

Plus... A pregnancy is 9 months, circumstances can change, you can loose a job and become homeless, you could be suffering from an illness... List goes on.

At the end of the day though... It comes down to property ownership of an individuals body... And the person who was born to that body (The mother) should have the first and last say of what happens to it.

zero129 said:

Abortion is killing. im all for choice and the woman has the choice to not get pregnant in the first place.

So I assume you are against the consumption of meat? Against the death Penalty?

At the end of the day, we are approaching 8~ billion people on this planet, a few abortions isn't really that much of a big deal.

Azelover said:
Separation of church and state is definitely an issue, so they shouldn't be quoting the Bible. However, you don't have to be Christian to agree that killing another human being is bad, and should be illegal. Some people think that abortion of particularly developed fetuses is murder. This doesn't need to be a religious issue necessarily. People can be pro-life and completely scientific at the same time. One thing isn't exclusive to the other. Pro-life doesn't necessarily mean you are religious at all..

Anyone who quotes anything from the Bible can generally have their view discarded in it's entirety until they can prove their assertions with empirical evidence that it is factual with it's claims.

Separation of Church and State would be something I would like for every nation across the globe to strive towards, religion is entirely unnecessary.

Let's say there's a husband and wife, and he supports them financially, but over time she gets crazier and crazier, and more annoying as each day passes. He tries a bunch of things like getting her help and even lives separate from her at times, yet she still goes out of her way to make his life beyond miserable. Let's even say she got examined and somehow comes away without being diagnosed as a nut job because she's that sly. If the husband can't take it anymore because he feels like she isn't worth it and is a burden, but won't divorce her because he doesn't think she should be able to leech off of him financially anymore, and can't live his life because she's clearly willing to go out of her way to make his life miserable, so much so that he's been pondering suicide, if he one day snaps and literally beats her to death, should he get away with it? Should someone be forced to withhold physical rage towards another? If he's going to cause harm or even death to himself otherwise, which scenario is preferred?

Is it his fault for getting into the situation in the first place or by not using another option to get out of it, as much as he doesn't want to? Is it ok because things weren't planned or expected to turn out that way, and it's his mind and body that were also at risk, and it's his body to decide what to do with?

What's the point in working harder or smarter if you're being given enough free money? Where's the incentive to do more? Because you could one day make it to the top? Where is the top? Was it gasoline transportation, single core 1GHz CPU's, PS2, Blackberry's? Why create newer better stuff if there's little incentive to do so, other than life or death scenario's like war or pandemic's?

How much billionaires have stashed vs how much is locked up in some multi year fund or stock probably isn't as much as many would think in comparison. You don't get billionaire rich by not wisely investing a bunch of that money. You also don't stay that rich if you give it away. The world is so connected today that if you run a multi billion dollar business, having billions to keep things going if something happens isn't a dumb idea. Just look at the stir over the tariff war. That's just one possibility of the many that could hurt your business, that you basically have no control over. What you do have control over, is how much you decided to put away for a rainy day, or year. Most billionaires did whatever had to be done to make that money, and many people benefited off of that in some manner in terms of goods or services rendered.

If you and a buddy were dropped into a cage against a team of two other guys, and you each had a knife dropped to you in a team death match, and you had little idea how to fight let alone wield a knife, but your buddy is a military trained badass knife fighter, are you seriously going to hold onto your knife and hope for the best, or are you going to give it to him so he has two? If he by chance dies, odds are you were dead anyway, but if he slay's both, you live and simply had to give up something you really didn't need to do so.

One of the main reasons socialism doesn't work is because many of the bright people and hard workers stop doing so because there is little incentive. If everyone is treated as much the same and equally as possible, that's exactly what you end up with. The bright idea's disappear and less and less work get's completed. Why come up with a great idea if you might not be able to make it happen because you can't get enough money to do it? Even if you find a way to, why do it for a pat on the back? Why work your butt off if it's not going to really help you or the company get ahead much if at all? Once the loopholes are sealed and taxes are jacked up the businesses will slowly crumble or they will flat out leave.

The greater the incentives, the more push there will be to gain that incentive. The more push, the greater the competition. The greater the competition, the wider the array of idea's brought to the table. The better the overall idea, the more the market will reward it. The more the market rewards it, the more incentive to improve it or build upon it.

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JWeinCom said:
o_O.Q said:

" My point was that you can be pro choice and not think of a baby as a parasite. You raised your question in response to that. "

i don't think its unreasonable to ask what motivates someone to kill an unborn baby

"You've just demonstrated that it is possible to be pro-choice and not think of a baby as a parasite.  Is that agreed upon?"

no i don't think that's a good way to assess this

this is about perspectives, specifically the perspective of someone who has a baby inside of them and wants that baby dead

i personally could not bring myself to kill the baby if i was in that position, but as i've said its not my right to police the actions of someone else

that speaks in no way to the perspective of someone else that may behave differently and choose to kill the baby, its the perspective of that person that i'm asking about not mine

"The phrase just like does not itself indicate if something is a simile or literal."

as far as i know it does

if you are saying something is "just like" something else you are doing a comparison, on the other hand to say something "is" something else is to equate the two

"Regardless of whether or not you think they're wrong, the writers clearly are making the literal argument. "

well as i've said i disagree since they used "just like"

"No, it's a simile.  Similes use the word like or as.  Metaphors don't."

oh ok haven't done school level english for a few years so i suppose i've forgotten the difference but it pretty much seems like you've conceded that its not literal regardless

"You understand if I say a clementine is just like a small orange I am being literal right?  Just like doesn't determine anything. "

you are doing a comparison that's the difference and that's what makes it either metaphorical or a simile

"You don't have to work more if taxes are raised.  It's entirely up to you whether or not it's important to keep the same baseline"

yes that's true, but i think its fairly obvious that someone who starts out middle class wants to stay middle class, i don't think that's a rare position to take... so i have to wonder why you'd seemingly pretend as if people are cool with allowing their standard of living to slide

"Especially if you're imagining a UBI that would actually meet everyone's basic needs.  This is not forcing anyone to use their body in any particular way that they find objectionable. That is a monumental difference that undermines any claim of hypocrisy."

well i suppose if you're coming at this from the point of view that people don't care if their standard of living falls then yeah i suppose you'd have a point

1.  I'm confused.  You seem to be indicating that you are pro-choice, and that you do not think of a fetus as a parasite.  Yet, you're also saying it's not possible to be pro choice without thinking of a fetus as a parasite.  Those two things directly contradict themselves.

2.  You're just wrong on metaphors.  Metaphors are by definition figurative, not just any comparison.  Two is greater than one is not a metaphor.  A clementine is just like a small orange is not a simile or a metaphor.  They're tatements and  literal comparisons.   

And you can use "is" in a metaphor.  It is raining cats and dogs, her body is a wonderland, this room is a pigsty, this relationship is a roller coaster, this classroom is a zoo, Brock Lesnar is a beast, he is a machine, she is an angel, the Yankees are on fire, the Jet's owner is a clown,  she's a maneater, my boss is a pig, that car is a lemon, etc etc.  All metaphors, all using some form of is.

If you think something is metaphorical just because it uses like, or literal just because it uses is, you're mistaken.  

3.  I never said my point of view is that people don't care.  My point of view it that they have a choice.  They do not have to engage in any particular activity as a direct result of a UBI increase or any other tax.  A ban on abortion does force a pregnant woman to gestate a baby.  Just one of the many ways these two situations are incongruous.  

 

" Yet, you're also saying it's not possible to be pro choice without thinking of a fetus as a parasite."

can you quote me directly where i said that?

"All metaphors, all using some form of is."

and none are declaring one thing to be equal to another which is what i said

"on the other hand to say something "is" something else is to equate the two"

"If you think something is metaphorical just because it uses like, or literal just because it uses is, you're mistaken. "

some reading comprehension here would go a long way

up to now i still don't see how you can seriously argue that "a foetus is just like a parasite" is a literal statement

"My point of view it that they have a choice."

people have a choice when it comes to paying taxes? how do you get out of it?

"They do not have to engage in any particular activity as a direct result of a UBI increase or any other tax. "

so if no one has to pay taxes how will you get your social programs funded?

"A ban on abortion does force a pregnant woman to gestate a baby."

almost like how people are forced to work more when taxes are increased



tsogud said:
o_O.Q said:

"I asked why do you think that way, why do you think mother's should be able to have abortions."

you didn't ask me this initially, but regardless i believe people should be as free in societies as we can possibly make them, that goes for both men and women

i don't like the idea of unborn children being killed but i accept that its not my right to police other people's behavior

" And I'm going to add if you are pro-choice why make a thread that's obviously skewed and flawed from the start, anybody who has any simple concept of science would realize this and not even post such a flawed comparison."

can you explain to me rationally how anything i've said is unscientific?

"A group of cells isn't life, it isn't a person. A miscarriage up to 8 weeks of pregnancy is indistinguishable to a heavy period."

bacteria are life and a culture of bacteria is even less significant in appearance to a period... do you at least have a fleeting understanding of why this is an incredibly stupid argument?

"The "person" you think is a person isn't actually one according to scientific evidence and facts."

it would be awesome if you actually started posting some lol

"People become wealthy by the people"

so why aren't you and all the other people demanding that other people give you free stuff rich?

"we give them extreme wealth so in return they should give a portion back to us so we all can have a better life."

you gave who wealth? are you talking about paying for products? or paying for entertainment? you understand of course that these are transactions right?

as in you are not "giving", the other person is offering something you perceive to have a sufficient value for you to exchange a certain amount of money for

but regardless you do understand of course that most of the products you use come from the labour of much poorer people in inda, china, africa etc right? how much of your wealth have you donated to improving conditions in those countries?

or do your principles only apply to other people and not you?

if you are living in america and have time to be a video games enthusiast then you really shouldn't be making an argument as if you are part of "the poor"

" Their wealth isn't being taken away, just a portion would be redistributed to the population to help society."

if they have an obligation to give some of their resources to people who are less fortunate than they are why does this not also apply with pregnant women in your view? unborn babies will literally die if mothers refuse to share some of their resources with them

its kind of inconsistent to argue "well these people over here need to give their resources to these other people because otherwise they'll die" but then say "well these people over here don't need to give their resources to these other people and we'll just let those people die"

"Keep in mind we're hypothetically talking about multi-billionaires here"

with regards to what? taxation? so you don't want to pay taxes?

This going to be my last post in this thread because your rhetoric has made it clear to me that you're a person that use an incredible amount of logical fallacies and believes they are never wrong even when presented with facts. I argue to try and change humble minds to believe what is right and factual, I don't argue with prideful people who won't admit when they are wrong, and in this case you are most definitely wrong, and I also don't argue with people who love arguing for the sake of arguing which you clearly have represented here. I have better things to do with my time. You don't even have to read the rest of my post because I most certainly won't read your, no doubt, willfully ignorant response. 

I did ask you that first question in my very first post I asked "And why?" meaning "and why do you believe this?" You didn't even understand a simple question like that, it's amazing

What you're saying is unscientific because if you actually researched what you're arguing about you'd come to the conclusion that a zygote isn't a conscious human life and cannot exist outside the womb and thus CANNOT be classified as a person which you have said multiple times.

Bacteria is life, you are correct but nobody's arguing that point or even brought it up. You are wrong though in saying that bacteria is less significant than a zygote, even in appearance. Do you realize what bacteria is, what it does and what it looks like? Obviously you don't because you're comparing the two but like I said a little research goes a long way. I brought up the miscarriage point because I thought you'd be smart enough to deduce what I was meaning but I'll spell it out for you. The miscarriage illustrates that even our body doesn't consider this zygote a person, it doesn't even have a heartbeat. The cells are grouping together to eventually form a person with a heart and a brain -that's what ultrasounds pick up, the electrical activity or pulsing of the cells forming- but naturally that's not always a guarantee and the zygote is aborted from the body. So should we impose consequences on women who have miscarriages then? Absolutely not.

Being or getting rich isn't that cut and dry, it's incredibly helpful and almost necessary that you be born in a certain higher socioeconomic class or a relatively free country to be rich and it's incredibly helpful if you're a white cis male. These things are inter-sectional and creating the logical fallacy of oversimplifying it is also wrong. It's all these social issues combined that creates this huge gap from the rich and the poor.

Technically I'm poor in the U.S. but I'd be rich somewhere else, and I see what you're trying to say but that's neither here nor there. Most democrats and all progressives (which I am) support labor laws that help these poor individuals in these poorer countries. So I don't see how that argument has anything to do with anything. That's like saying "oh so you want to improve society? But you participate in society. Aha!" Well yeah, duh, of course but that doesn't mean I like the way society is now.  When it comes to transactions I am sort of talking about that but there are other bigger issues and things people get rich off of like war, there a many people who make an incredible amount of money off of war. Also there are large amounts of companies that use poor laborers in poorer countries and take advantage of them to make huge profits and it's wrong. Just so we're clear I'm not really just talking about goods, if that's what you think then you have a narrow, naive view of how people get rich.

Again you're making the fundamentally flawed claim that a zygote is a person based on no scientific evidence or facts whatsoever. You're basing your whole argument around your feeling that it's a person, when in fact it's not. The fact of the matter is that a zygote isn't a person and you don't want to accept that for some reason that you're not disclosing. It's not a person to begin with so you can't make your comparison and so the bases of your comparison is erroneous and wrong. And so what I am saying isn't hypocritical based on facts. I wouldn't let a person die but a zygote isn't a person.

I believe everyone should be taxed in order to run our society but the wealthiest should be taxed more and also they should not be given breaks that even working class people don't get.

""And why?" meaning "and why do you believe this?" You didn't even understand a simple question like that, it's amazing"

do you struggle to understand the english language or something?... are you incapable of understanding that i answered your question from the very beginning?

""Before I tell you why you're wrong OP answer me this, are you pro-choice or anti-choice and why?"

i actually think women should be free to murder their unborn children"

"What you're saying is unscientific because if you actually researched what you're arguing about you'd come to the conclusion that a zygote isn't a conscious human life and cannot exist outside the womb and thus CANNOT be classified as a person which you have said multiple times."

point out for me where i've argued that

"Bacteria is life, you are correct but nobody's arguing that point or even brought it up."

"A group of cells isn't life, it isn't a person. A miscarriage up to 8 weeks of pregnancy is indistinguishable to a heavy period."

"he miscarriage illustrates that even our body doesn't consider this zygote a person"

a point i never argued lol but ok

" it's incredibly helpful if you're a white cis male. "

can you go into more detail on this point and are you a white cis male yourself?

"But you participate in society. Aha!" Well yeah, duh, of course but that doesn't mean I like the way society is now."

how would you change it? let me guess socialism right? revolution?

"Also there are large amounts of companies that use poor laborers in poorer countries and take advantage of them to make huge profits and it's wrong."

your purchase of the computer, video game console and cell phone you are using to spread your virtuous messages has directly funded the companies you are referring to... with that being said how can i take anything you are saying here seriously?

" Just so we're clear I'm not really just talking about goods, if that's what you think then you have a narrow, naive view of how people get rich."

do tell i'm here to learn from you

"Again you're making the fundamentally flawed claim that a zygote is a person"

can you point out where i've said so?

"It's not a person to begin with so you can't make your comparison and so the bases of your comparison is erroneous and wrong. "

that's a fair argument actually i have compared unborn babies needing resources to poor people needing resources, you're right

"a zygote isn't a conscious human life and cannot exist outside the womb and thus CANNOT be classified as a person"

taking this comment into consideration are you of the view that an unborn baby at 7 months is fair game also since it cannot exist outside of the womb and cannot be classified as a person?

"I believe everyone should be taxed in order to run our society"

so you are in favour of restricting the bodily autonomy of people in a society, just not for unborn babies?



Pemalite said:
o_O.Q said:

its a fair question, how do you believe wealth is generated?

if its just "printed" as you suggest why can't you just sit down now and spend the whole night printing money for the poor?

You can. In-fact many countries do. Russia and China being prime examples... However it comes with a little side-effect... Care to guess what it is?

o_O.Q said:

"Not entirely sure what your point is, so feel free to present it in a comprehensive manner that proves that other people should "own" the body of another person."

i don't but people who argue for increased taxation do, its just that they hide it behind flowery dishonest language like 'responsibility to your community" does that sound familiar?

I think you are side-stepping what I am asking of you here?

Dark_Lord_2008 said:
I just want to say people who keep repeating the lines "it is my body" and "it is my choice" aren't going to sway any pro-life people to come to your side.
Pro-life people believe that a fetus is alive, and aborting it is akin to murder, they don't see a difference between aborting a 2 month old fetus and killing a just born baby. So repeating the same lines at them over and over again with the assumption they agree a fetus isn't its own being with its own rights is just going to piss them off

If those same individuals aren't protesting against the consumption of animals and the death penalty... Would you agree that perhaps they are being a little bit hypocritical?

In saying that... Most things that are political tend to draw very stern views that typically aren't changeable between highly vocal opponents. - However the debate isn't about them changing their views, it's about others seeing the discussion take place and seeing the differing perspectives that forms each argument.


"You can. In-fact many countries do. Russia and China being prime examples"

so the only commodity russia and china trade in is printed money?

"I think you are side-stepping what I am asking of you here?"

i never at any point suggested that i believe people should own the bodies of other people... so it wasn't a question to be taken seriously from the beginning



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vivster said:
I don't think anyone who tries to justify something with God has the right to call out any fallacies or hypocrisies of someone else

True viv,it is also very illogical to bring up something the reciever in the discussion does not believe in to make a point.

Bringing up a disconnect to win an argument is a bit backwards.



o_O.Q said:

"You can. In-fact many countries do. Russia and China being prime examples"

so the only commodity russia and china trade in is printed money?

I never said that.

o_O.Q said:

"I think you are side-stepping what I am asking of you here?"

i never at any point suggested that i believe people should own the bodies of other people... so it wasn't a question to be taken seriously from the beginning

So you agree that Abortion should be legal then?

EricHiggin said:

Let's say there's a husband and wife, and he supports them financially, but over time she gets crazier and crazier, and more annoying as each day passes. He tries a bunch of things like getting her help and even lives separate from her at times, yet she still goes out of her way to make his life beyond miserable. Let's even say she got examined and somehow comes away without being diagnosed as a nut job because she's that sly. If the husband can't take it anymore because he feels like she isn't worth it and is a burden, but won't divorce her because he doesn't think she should be able to leech off of him financially anymore, and can't live his life because she's clearly willing to go out of her way to make his life miserable, so much so that he's been pondering suicide, if he one day snaps and literally beats her to death, should he get away with it? Should someone be forced to withhold physical rage towards another? If he's going to cause harm or even death to himself otherwise, which scenario is preferred?

So basically you are giving me a choice between an individual harming another or themselves.

The answer really depends on perspective, in the rescue services you are taught to put your own life first and not the life of others... Because if you are somehow impaired, who is going to rescue the other person?

But to answer your questions... No. He shouldn't get away with murder. Yes someone should be forced to withhold physical rage towards another.

But the difference is, the woman isn't surviving at the expense of another, making your entire argument entirely redundant.

EricHiggin said:

Is it his fault for getting into the situation in the first place or by not using another option to get out of it, as much as he doesn't want to? Is it ok because things weren't planned or expected to turn out that way, and it's his mind and body that were also at risk, and it's his body to decide what to do with?

If you are asking if I am okay with Euthanasia? Fuck oath I am.

EricHiggin said:

What's the point in working harder or smarter if you're being given enough free money? Where's the incentive to do more? Because you could one day make it to the top? Where is the top? Was it gasoline transportation, single core 1GHz CPU's, PS2, Blackberry's? Why create newer better stuff if there's little incentive to do so, other than life or death scenario's like war or pandemic's?

The fallacy here is that you don't recognize that wealth is all relative.

Someone who has nothing will see someone with a bicycle and think they have wealth.
A person with a bicycle will see someone with a car and think they have wealth.
A person with a car will see someone with a motorhome and think they are wealthy.
A person with a motorhome will see someone with a private jet and think they are wealthy.

There is always more to strive for. - Just because I earn 6 figures doesn't mean I wouldn't want more wealth.

EricHiggin said:

How much billionaires have stashed vs how much is locked up in some multi year fund or stock probably isn't as much as many would think in comparison. You don't get billionaire rich by not wisely investing a bunch of that money. You also don't stay that rich if you give it away. The world is so connected today that if you run a multi billion dollar business, having billions to keep things going if something happens isn't a dumb idea. Just look at the stir over the tariff war. That's just one possibility of the many that could hurt your business, that you basically have no control over. What you do have control over, is how much you decided to put away for a rainy day, or year. Most billionaires did whatever had to be done to make that money, and many people benefited off of that in some manner in terms of goods or services rendered.

The rich have an amazing savings rate. More than you think. - They aren't rich because they are spending money you know.
https://www.financialsamurai.com/the-average-savings-rates-by-income-wealth-class/

That is cash not being reinvested... And thus my point still stands that poorer income brackets tend to spend more than the rich and thus contribute more to the economy overall.


EricHiggin said:

One of the main reasons socialism doesn't work is because many of the bright people and hard workers stop doing so because there is little incentive. If everyone is treated as much the same and equally as possible, that's exactly what you end up with. The bright idea's disappear and less and less work get's completed. Why come up with a great idea if you might not be able to make it happen because you can't get enough money to do it? Even if you find a way to, why do it for a pat on the back? Why work your butt off if it's not going to really help you or the company get ahead much if at all? Once the loopholes are sealed and taxes are jacked up the businesses will slowly crumble or they will flat out leave.

Many european and oceanic nations implement various "socialist" practices in with their capitalist markets to great success actually.
Case in point... Norway, New Zealand and Australia.

There are businesses who target those lower social-economic demographics and become rather successful too.
For example: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/radio-rentals-reaps-$90-million-in-centrelink-payments/6333690





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Pemalite said:
o_O.Q said:

"You can. In-fact many countries do. Russia and China being prime examples"

so the only commodity russia and china trade in is printed money?

I never said that.

o_O.Q said:

"I think you are side-stepping what I am asking of you here?"

i never at any point suggested that i believe people should own the bodies of other people... so it wasn't a question to be taken seriously from the beginning

So you agree that Abortion should be legal then?

EricHiggin said:

Let's say there's a husband and wife, and he supports them financially, but over time she gets crazier and crazier, and more annoying as each day passes. He tries a bunch of things like getting her help and even lives separate from her at times, yet she still goes out of her way to make his life beyond miserable. Let's even say she got examined and somehow comes away without being diagnosed as a nut job because she's that sly. If the husband can't take it anymore because he feels like she isn't worth it and is a burden, but won't divorce her because he doesn't think she should be able to leech off of him financially anymore, and can't live his life because she's clearly willing to go out of her way to make his life miserable, so much so that he's been pondering suicide, if he one day snaps and literally beats her to death, should he get away with it? Should someone be forced to withhold physical rage towards another? If he's going to cause harm or even death to himself otherwise, which scenario is preferred?

So basically you are giving me a choice between an individual harming another or themselves.

The answer really depends on perspective, in the rescue services you are taught to put your own life first and not the life of others... Because if you are somehow impaired, who is going to rescue the other person?

But to answer your questions... No. He shouldn't get away with murder. Yes someone should be forced to withhold physical rage towards another.

But the difference is, the woman isn't surviving at the expense of another, making your entire argument entirely redundant.

EricHiggin said:

Is it his fault for getting into the situation in the first place or by not using another option to get out of it, as much as he doesn't want to? Is it ok because things weren't planned or expected to turn out that way, and it's his mind and body that were also at risk, and it's his body to decide what to do with?

If you are asking if I am okay with Euthanasia? Fuck oath I am.

EricHiggin said:

What's the point in working harder or smarter if you're being given enough free money? Where's the incentive to do more? Because you could one day make it to the top? Where is the top? Was it gasoline transportation, single core 1GHz CPU's, PS2, Blackberry's? Why create newer better stuff if there's little incentive to do so, other than life or death scenario's like war or pandemic's?

The fallacy here is that you don't recognize that wealth is all relative.

Someone who has nothing will see someone with a bicycle and think they have wealth.
A person with a bicycle will see someone with a car and think they have wealth.
A person with a car will see someone with a motorhome and think they are wealthy.
A person with a motorhome will see someone with a private jet and think they are wealthy.

There is always more to strive for. - Just because I earn 6 figures doesn't mean I wouldn't want more wealth.

EricHiggin said:

How much billionaires have stashed vs how much is locked up in some multi year fund or stock probably isn't as much as many would think in comparison. You don't get billionaire rich by not wisely investing a bunch of that money. You also don't stay that rich if you give it away. The world is so connected today that if you run a multi billion dollar business, having billions to keep things going if something happens isn't a dumb idea. Just look at the stir over the tariff war. That's just one possibility of the many that could hurt your business, that you basically have no control over. What you do have control over, is how much you decided to put away for a rainy day, or year. Most billionaires did whatever had to be done to make that money, and many people benefited off of that in some manner in terms of goods or services rendered.

The rich have an amazing savings rate. More than you think. - They aren't rich because they are spending money you know.
https://www.financialsamurai.com/the-average-savings-rates-by-income-wealth-class/

That is cash not being reinvested... And thus my point still stands that poorer income brackets tend to spend more than the rich and thus contribute more to the economy overall.


EricHiggin said:

One of the main reasons socialism doesn't work is because many of the bright people and hard workers stop doing so because there is little incentive. If everyone is treated as much the same and equally as possible, that's exactly what you end up with. The bright idea's disappear and less and less work get's completed. Why come up with a great idea if you might not be able to make it happen because you can't get enough money to do it? Even if you find a way to, why do it for a pat on the back? Why work your butt off if it's not going to really help you or the company get ahead much if at all? Once the loopholes are sealed and taxes are jacked up the businesses will slowly crumble or they will flat out leave.

Many european and oceanic nations implement various "socialist" practices in with their capitalist markets to great success actually.
Case in point... Norway, New Zealand and Australia.

There are businesses who target those lower social-economic demographics and become rather successful too.
For example: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/radio-rentals-reaps-$90-million-in-centrelink-payments/6333690



"I never said that."

ok so how do you believe wealth is generated?

"So you agree that Abortion should be legal then?"

said so multiple times throughout the thread, i don't like the idea of babies being murdered but its not my right to police other people

that being said you understand that taxation restricts the bodily autonomy of people right?



If we get UBI, there will be less incentives to go through with abortion



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