Consumerism isn't a problem in and of itself. Everyone must consume. It's HOW we consume, most people are mindless about it, thinking no farther than their own personal needs. We are lacking any kind of cultural ethic that acknowledges the great responsibility to consider the far reaching, and indirect effects of our actions and decisions, and especially what we choose to buy, and from whom we choose to buy it. Taxes are the same. If some person or group is doing evil, do NOT empower that person or group by funding them, do not buy any of their products or services. This is the primary area where people are morally lacking, they don't even think the question is important.
>God bless America.
Everyone is family. Blessed be all our relations.
Everyone is family. Blessed be all our relations.
<<<< God bless America. >>>
Which God? Which America? Why?
Which God? Which America? Why?
I don't disagree with #177. And look at the key words:
<<<< indirect effects >>>>
<<<< indirect effects >>>>
People are familiar with the idea of "boycotting" a company that is engaging in unscrupulous practices, but few consider the idea of boycotting the most violently murderous institution on the face of the earth: the United States government, and still less realize the moral necessity to boycott USD.
People don't like to hear that they are responsible as consumers, and will generally spout the craziest and most desperate excuses to explain why they are not. The idea of admitting your whole way of life is wrong, and you were a clown and a sucker for ever having believed in the system is a hard pill for most people to swallow... plus the prospect of having to face the ridicule or possibly rejection of your family and peers, etc. Truth, and acting consistently in alignment with it, takes a level of courage and self-honesty that so few seem to possess.
People don't like to hear that they are responsible as consumers, and will generally spout the craziest and most desperate excuses to explain why they are not. The idea of admitting your whole way of life is wrong, and you were a clown and a sucker for ever having believed in the system is a hard pill for most people to swallow... plus the prospect of having to face the ridicule or possibly rejection of your family and peers, etc. Truth, and acting consistently in alignment with it, takes a level of courage and self-honesty that so few seem to possess.
Taxation is necessary for the wealthy to fund those less fortunate in our society, to have a quality of life. p.s..any god that goes with you, The United States of America, the greatest country on God’s earth.
>Taxation is necessary for the wealthy to fund those less fortunate in our society,
No, it's not. They can do it voluntarily. The belief that some people are entitled to others' rightful property, and that they have the right to use violence to take or 'redistribute' it how they see fit makes one an immoral fuck-tard in my not so humble opinion.
The other aspect to this, besides the moral degeneracy of it, is that it doesn't address the cause. It doesn't even try. No even asking the question: Why are people less fortunate... why are people in poverty. How can that problem be solved.... nope, it's just use violence to take from the "wealthy".
And yet another aspect is that the very wealthy pay almost no tax, it's the "middle class" that pays the most. This is part of a design that keeps people impoverished and reliant on the system. People with a strong connection to nature, and production of food and energy, wouldn't need to be subservient to an exploitative corporate control structure that metes out their money, food, water, and livelihood.
If there wasn't an oppressive state suppressing energy technology, sustainable practices, corporatizing and monopolizing everything including the use of force, money, energy, food, medicine, education, and media, robbing people blind and plundering the earth at unimaginable scale, if we actually turned the human understanding and use of technology to the benefit of humanity rather than exploited for the wealthy corporate (ruling) class, we would live in a world of abundance. Addressing these issues at their root cause to eliminate the problem is what needs to happen, not robbing "wealthy" (middle class) people, because some people are "less fortunate".. which is not only supremely ignorant and naive, but immoral as well.
No, it's not. They can do it voluntarily. The belief that some people are entitled to others' rightful property, and that they have the right to use violence to take or 'redistribute' it how they see fit makes one an immoral fuck-tard in my not so humble opinion.
The other aspect to this, besides the moral degeneracy of it, is that it doesn't address the cause. It doesn't even try. No even asking the question: Why are people less fortunate... why are people in poverty. How can that problem be solved.... nope, it's just use violence to take from the "wealthy".
And yet another aspect is that the very wealthy pay almost no tax, it's the "middle class" that pays the most. This is part of a design that keeps people impoverished and reliant on the system. People with a strong connection to nature, and production of food and energy, wouldn't need to be subservient to an exploitative corporate control structure that metes out their money, food, water, and livelihood.
If there wasn't an oppressive state suppressing energy technology, sustainable practices, corporatizing and monopolizing everything including the use of force, money, energy, food, medicine, education, and media, robbing people blind and plundering the earth at unimaginable scale, if we actually turned the human understanding and use of technology to the benefit of humanity rather than exploited for the wealthy corporate (ruling) class, we would live in a world of abundance. Addressing these issues at their root cause to eliminate the problem is what needs to happen, not robbing "wealthy" (middle class) people, because some people are "less fortunate".. which is not only supremely ignorant and naive, but immoral as well.
Well, to state the latest buzzwords. We are where we are. No one, apart from yourself, has suggested violence to re-distribute wealth. The tax system has worked for centuries. It is what separates us from the law of the jungle. Perhaps you need a hobby, like chess, to take your mind off things.
How Big Oil Conquered The World
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySnk-f2ThpE
www.corbettreport.com/episode-310-rise-of-the-oiligarchs/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySnk-f2ThpE
www.corbettreport.com/episode-310-rise-of-the-oiligarchs/
>No one, apart from yourself, has suggested violence to re-distribute wealth.
The things you say.... I never suggested this. Taxation uses violent coercion to collect, you know that right? If they think you owe, and you don't pay, they will take your property, and maybe even your person. If you try to defend yourself, they will shoot you. Get it?
Taxation is violence. This is an empirical fact, and by the very definition of the words.
>The tax system has worked for centuries.
Wars and bloody conflicts are always paid for by taxation, and is a huge part of what keeps people poor.
>It is what separates us from the law of the jungle.
The ability to choose mutually voluntary interactions (peace) over violence is what separates us from that.
Why We Are Poor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zopjoUUgZ2k
That's how taxation "works" to keep people impoverished and fund atrocities.
The things you say.... I never suggested this. Taxation uses violent coercion to collect, you know that right? If they think you owe, and you don't pay, they will take your property, and maybe even your person. If you try to defend yourself, they will shoot you. Get it?
Taxation is violence. This is an empirical fact, and by the very definition of the words.
>The tax system has worked for centuries.
Wars and bloody conflicts are always paid for by taxation, and is a huge part of what keeps people poor.
>It is what separates us from the law of the jungle.
The ability to choose mutually voluntary interactions (peace) over violence is what separates us from that.
Why We Are Poor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zopjoUUgZ2k
That's how taxation "works" to keep people impoverished and fund atrocities.
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