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[–]JasonCarswell 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So, corruption has no factor in your world? Rigged systems, biases, unjust aparatus designed to ensnare and tax the common plebs doesn't factor in at all? A matrix of corporate overlords with an insatiable lust for power bent on full spectrum dominance "legitimized" with a monopoly on violence doesn't count for anything?

I'm not saying most people aren't idiots. In fact half of everyone is stupider that average or really fucking close to supider than average, according to the common bell curve. Simply put, most people are average or dumber.

Does that mean, "fuck em all"? I can see that viewpoint. But I won't buy into it.

Smart people are only smart in limited ways. Some people are not smart in any ways. Everyone has stupid moments and accidents. Take your most revered person alive, from Elon Musk to Bill Gates, or whoever you like, and I guarantee you there are an abundance of legit stupid quotes from them. I would wager there are an abundance of accidents they've made over their lives too. Some might even be quite costly, and not just in dollars.

I'm all for personal responsibility. In fact I want more of it from everyone. That doesn't mean I support dropping out the bottom to let those who fuck themselves up fall harder, even to death. Ultimately taking care of everyone costs everyone less. Canada and Europe and other nations already know this to be a fact.

If you have a dozen-million then you are an exception and WTF are you doing on SaidIt. If you believe you will one day be a dozen-million then you're an idiot. Prove me wrong. Hurts me none, gains you all. The fantasy that everyone in the USA can be a millionaire is nonsense, so why should all the firemen, teachers, plumbers, etc expect to be millionaires and fear the "death tax". It's sheer nonsense.

There are worse things at play than having Big Macs available to the plebs. If the corporatocracy (corporations and government, ie city planners) create food deserts where there's no decent groceries in the ghetto, only fast food shit - then that's hardly the fault of someone working 3 jobs to maintain their family (ie. personal and familial responsibility), when they take a shortcut at McGrease.

Timothy Leary was a CIA asset rat, but some of his ideas were okay too. He suggested a "Sin Tax". I kinda like the idea for your "big macs, cigarettes, alcohol, guns, etc. Anything someone can use irresponsibly to cause harm." And I'd add decriminalize all drugs and sex work - but Sin Tax it. As with Canadian taxes, cigarettes are crazy expensive, but the taxes on it cover those idiots who get lung cancer.

Socialism is the opposite of "no limits". It's regulation. All government is socialism, like it or not. But who it benefits varies greatly. Billionaires don't need anymore benefits. Anyone who supports billionaires' "rights" and their "legitimate claims" (ie. to exploit the masses) are blind retarded slaves with Stockholm syndrome.

Flip it another way. "Worthy of saving" should be "worthy of suffering." Society has more than enough means to ease people's suffering but the corporatocracy needs us to suffer so we're too distracted to realize the whole rigged matrix is a scam that only benefits the few and exploits the many. Once the many wake up to this en masse, the game is over.