Would you be willing to give up your personal wealth as the price for living in a sharing society?

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Extreme wealth and extreme poverty or a reasonable standard of living for all?

If you would give up your wealth, please say why you would.

If you wouldn't, please say why you wouldn't.

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No more than I am already

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I pay a lot of taxes, and give generously to charities. From this "wealth" which represents many years of my life that I traded f... [show more]

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Yes

You serve your personal welfare by securing the public welfare.

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Yes. I don't have much money anyway.

I might feel different if I were rich. In my current reality, I'd probably benefit in some areas and take a hit in others, but it... [show more]

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Hell no!

Haven't you noticed??? Socialism always fails.

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Reasonable varies, who decides?

Like all human activities, you would still have those unhappy with somebody else's definition of "reasonable". Often, it is those ... [show more]

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To live in a sharing society, we don't have to do that

AS IN WE DON'T ALL HAVE TO GO THAT FAR Sorry, Maybe not answering your question in the exact format which you intended. Capital... [show more]

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holotone 5 months ago

You callin' me "red", boy?

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Goliath 5 months ago

LOL

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Thoralby 5 months ago

Filthy commie.

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Friar_Zero 5 months ago

I think an interesting sub-discussion of this is the idea that you have a choice in the matter. Some would argue that it is unjust to redistribute funds without consent and others would argue that only through force could redistribution be achieved.

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trea 5 months ago

I am currently reading an admittedly fictional book which illustrates this redistribution of wealth in a very bad light. Poverty and breadlines are running amok, nobody has everything that they need, creativity is frowned upon and life is generally lived at a very low standard. I don't know if capitalism is "the way to go", but it seems to be better than this scenario.

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Friar_Zero 5 months ago

Reminds me of "The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich Hayek.

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trea 5 months ago

The book I'm reading right now is "Faith of the Fallen" by Terry Goodkind. Fantasy with, in this case, lots of social commentary.

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MDAdams 5 months ago

This is one of those sort of "bait & switch" topics. The main question requires a different answer than the subtext question (unless your name is Bill Gates).

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This topic was started by Thoralby Thoralby has 391 Grupie Points on June 30th, 2008. 26 grupies have voted on one or more of the 8 answers.

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