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You could let the market determine that, I guess. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 16/06/2020 08:56:23 PM

But you're asking the wrong questions. It's not "does the worker deserve $15/hr," but "why is the wealth being created by the worker going somewhere other than to him?" And the answer is simple: because somebody else owns the franchise. That person extracts wealth by virtue of allowing people to operate the means of production.

If our country WEREN'T captivated by the lust for money, why are there people choosing between rent and medicine each month?

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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I'm curious. damookster - 08/06/2020 06:59:18 PM 1269 Views
Knowledge is always uncertain, there will always be under and overreactions. Roland00 - 08/06/2020 07:06:35 PM 537 Views
I would expect so, yes. *NM* Legolas - 08/06/2020 08:00:59 PM 277 Views
That yes is for which question? Or is it for both? *NM* damookster - 08/06/2020 08:23:06 PM 280 Views
The first one. Otherwise I'd have said no and yes. *NM* Legolas - 08/06/2020 09:19:48 PM 274 Views
Yes, I believe we will... fionwe1987 - 08/06/2020 10:15:30 PM 597 Views
Why are you so invested in either closing down the country or the seriousness of the flu? Cannoli - 09/06/2020 06:37:24 PM 615 Views
Because I care about my fellow human being, cockroach. Go infest somewhere else. I'm done with you. *NM* fionwe1987 - 09/06/2020 08:35:42 PM 287 Views
Except you don't. You really, REALLY want this disease to be worse than it is. Cannoli - 12/06/2020 11:06:50 AM 583 Views
Sure. Anyone who disagrees with you wants mass poverty or mass death. No other possibility exists... fionwe1987 - 12/06/2020 02:44:08 PM 562 Views
Fionwe same as other alt-left crazies Nargs - 16/06/2020 05:24:12 PM 613 Views
I dunno what's "alt" about it. We're the mainstream. Which must scare you fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 06:06:44 PM 518 Views
Dissonance Nargs - 16/06/2020 08:02:08 PM 520 Views
Do you think it's possible to disagree, even vehemently damookster - 16/06/2020 08:14:50 PM 582 Views
I'm sure it is, in some conditions. fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 09:43:50 PM 589 Views
I am not a middle aged white man. I'm an old white man. damookster - 16/06/2020 06:15:52 PM 572 Views
Evidence is not on your side, damook *NM* Nargs - 16/06/2020 07:27:39 PM 284 Views
Much like... Jeordam - 16/06/2020 07:34:14 PM 599 Views
Statistically Insignificant Nargs - 16/06/2020 08:07:03 PM 523 Views
Stats don't tell the whole story. damookster - 16/06/2020 08:06:17 PM 520 Views
You're right but on race? Nargs - 16/06/2020 08:08:40 PM 567 Views
Yes, you're right. damookster - 16/06/2020 08:17:04 PM 516 Views
You realize that's not a contradiction, right? fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 09:49:56 PM 560 Views
A few points gban007 - 17/06/2020 09:29:15 PM 557 Views
I wasn't going to say it but... Nargs - 16/06/2020 08:17:57 PM 568 Views
Again: you really are a loathsome little ball of slime. Ghavrel - 10/06/2020 02:11:52 AM 537 Views
It's not my world, it's theirs. Cannoli - 12/06/2020 11:13:14 AM 559 Views
Burning down corporate stores and taking their stolen wealth is a moral good. *NM* Ghavrel - 15/06/2020 12:04:52 AM 282 Views
Stolen Wealth? Jeordam - 15/06/2020 04:50:59 PM 560 Views
How does one determine what is Original Sin? Roland00 - 15/06/2020 05:17:37 PM 558 Views
So then.... Jeordam - 15/06/2020 09:59:31 PM 550 Views
I'm uncertain if this is what Ghavrel meant, but I'd assume you don't need proof that slavery... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2020 07:59:07 PM 543 Views
So we're talking about reparations....? Jeordam - 15/06/2020 09:42:37 PM 569 Views
Why must money solve "all" issues? fionwe1987 - 15/06/2020 11:32:05 PM 531 Views
So then money won't... Jeordam - 16/06/2020 06:09:24 PM 587 Views
fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 06:29:59 PM 539 Views
Those aren't codified examples Jeordam - 16/06/2020 07:31:49 PM 549 Views
Well that's some special nonsense fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 09:55:42 PM 553 Views
We're having a discussion...please try and not denigrate me. Jeordam - 17/06/2020 05:26:36 PM 546 Views
But I didn't clearly state I want to denigrate you. You're inferring intent. How's that ok? fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 06:06:28 PM 539 Views
Pain and Death they *actively* choose... Jeordam - 17/06/2020 06:39:13 PM 566 Views
They make no such choice. Which is why they're out there protesting fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 07:00:25 PM 579 Views
Sigh Roland00 - 16/06/2020 08:15:12 PM 533 Views
Nah I just straight up think capitalism is evil. Reparations should be paid, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 09:22:46 AM 270 Views
Fair enough. *NM* fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 02:54:11 PM 262 Views
aaah... Jeordam - 16/06/2020 06:10:16 PM 552 Views
Re: Stolen Wealth? Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 09:21:32 AM 529 Views
Rather it should be The State? *NM* damookster - 16/06/2020 12:10:59 PM 262 Views
What is "the State" fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 02:57:34 PM 532 Views
my comment was directed to Ghavrel. damookster - 16/06/2020 04:49:39 PM 526 Views
You shouldn't make assumptions... fionwe1987 - 16/06/2020 06:10:02 PM 531 Views
Lemme tell you about this cool thing called syndicalism... *NM* Ghavrel - 17/06/2020 06:46:38 AM 274 Views
There's a lot I like about that... *NM* fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 06:07:47 PM 241 Views
Syndicalisme révolutionnaire, peut-être? *NM* damookster - 17/06/2020 06:29:00 PM 243 Views
I'm actually still a reformist, believe it or not. *NM* Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:29:18 PM 267 Views
Bah *NM* damookster - 18/06/2020 03:36:20 PM 239 Views
I been thinking about the different religious sects of Himboism, suddenly ... Roland00 - 29/06/2020 01:30:09 AM 523 Views
The only state with legitimacy is the Kingdom of Heaven. *NM* Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 08:57:26 PM 250 Views
Are we talking about the Mormon Sect? Roland00 - 16/06/2020 09:06:14 PM 500 Views
My bad damookster - 16/06/2020 10:20:14 PM 543 Views
In fairness, I usually talk policy goals as a social democrat. Ghavrel - 17/06/2020 12:34:45 AM 545 Views
They The Shrike - 17/06/2020 06:29:35 PM 552 Views
damookster - 17/06/2020 06:40:30 PM 552 Views
I go by she and her, but thank you. <3 *NM* Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:45:46 PM 281 Views
I try to be very sensitive to this. damookster - 18/06/2020 03:55:01 PM 550 Views
It means a great deal to me. I can't overstate how much it means to your grandson. *NM* Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 04:04:53 PM 286 Views
Catholicism by itself is a Performance Arts Piece Roland00 - 18/06/2020 01:17:45 AM 523 Views
A Catholic?! What?! I'm an Episcopalian. Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:45:24 PM 570 Views
No thanks. Not into non-democracies. *NM* The Shrike - 17/06/2020 06:26:29 PM 257 Views
Ah a fellow Devil's Party Member. *NM* Roland00 - 18/06/2020 01:13:37 AM 237 Views
I can empathize with this view, actually, though I no longer hold it. *NM* Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:47:24 PM 269 Views
That's the debate, isn't it. Jeordam - 16/06/2020 06:16:10 PM 504 Views
Economists have been arguing this for over 400 years. Roland00 - 16/06/2020 08:22:57 PM 537 Views
You could let the market determine that, I guess. Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 08:56:23 PM 528 Views
Because we do not live in Paradise. Jeordam - 17/06/2020 05:36:58 PM 516 Views
Exactly. So the worker should own the means of production with other workers. Ghavrel - 17/06/2020 06:11:21 PM 520 Views
So my question then is.... Jeordam - 17/06/2020 06:46:11 PM 567 Views
Sigh...I just can't not. Roland00 - 18/06/2020 01:20:09 AM 494 Views
You know "talent" in the Bible is explictly referring to money, right? Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 03:43:11 PM 559 Views
Jesus also said it is easier for a camel to pass though a needle's eye... damookster - 18/06/2020 03:49:43 PM 511 Views
This is true! Ghavrel - 18/06/2020 04:04:16 PM 559 Views
Thou shalt not steal. *NM* The Shrike - 15/06/2020 11:10:34 PM 251 Views
"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel." *NM* Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 09:19:26 AM 257 Views
"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's" *NM* damookster - 16/06/2020 12:13:15 PM 230 Views
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. *NM* The Shrike - 16/06/2020 12:15:04 PM 242 Views
"Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you..." *NM* Ghavrel - 16/06/2020 10:15:41 PM 266 Views
Is a concern of mine gban007 - 08/06/2020 10:16:09 PM 545 Views
A natural experiment fionwe1987 - 08/06/2020 10:42:34 PM 512 Views
Yes, we probably will. But demonstrators wearing masks are not normal life. Ghavrel - 09/06/2020 07:10:31 AM 555 Views
I'm not sure that's a valid comparison. damookster - 09/06/2020 05:57:31 PM 525 Views
Agreed. These aren't comparable situations. fionwe1987 - 09/06/2020 06:09:27 PM 536 Views
Down South that is called Communism Mookie. Roland00 - 09/06/2020 06:32:06 PM 535 Views
Alabama is down south, right? aerocontrols - 09/06/2020 10:08:15 PM 526 Views
I was comparing it to a control situation of no state action in response to SARS-CoV-2. Ghavrel - 10/06/2020 02:09:19 AM 523 Views
We have all the same rules here in Seattle Bad Ash - 10/06/2020 07:45:59 PM 538 Views
I figured you aerocontrols - 09/06/2020 10:09:36 PM 518 Views
About your original question... fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 09:25:38 PM 553 Views
that is encouraging damookster - 17/06/2020 09:44:10 PM 551 Views
Re: that is encouraging fionwe1987 - 17/06/2020 10:10:34 PM 496 Views
Seems indoors with strangers is more a predictor than outdoor protests. Roland00 - 27/06/2020 02:38:07 AM 609 Views
Tips, maybe? fionwe1987 - 27/06/2020 05:10:30 AM 557 Views
Perhaps Roland00 - 27/06/2020 10:19:39 PM 493 Views
A 315 city study, BLM protests did not cause a spike in COVID cases. Roland00 - 27/06/2020 10:19:05 PM 547 Views
Sigh, here is some bad news. Case Reports and a Lab study suggests COVID may cause type 1 diabetes Roland00 - 28/06/2020 06:11:45 AM 505 Views
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