<You should collect all your post here on Taiwan and send them to CSB, and you may end up a big bonus from him. Since Taiwanese gov. pays big for anyone like you.>
Yiwu, unlike you grasping, avaricious types, most of what I do is for no charge. It's called Noblesse Oblige. It's actually tainting to be paid for things. I think Jay said his father thought like that too = an obviously wise man [agreeing with me].
Being paid is an unfortunate necessity which one must do until able to get free of it. But at least being paid is infinitely better than conquering, robbing, taking and stealing, which is China's way of doing things. Unfortunately, it's also the way nearly all government revenue is obtained, but at least the democratic countries do it with most of the electorate's acceptance.
The lowest order of human is a cannibal, living off the biological and other products of other people. Some humans remained at that level, literally eating the other tribes, until the 19th century.
Then there are the conquerors and slave drivers, such as Americans, Mao, and most other countries up until the 20th century and many still in the 20th century and even the 21st century. Those who outright enslave whole populations or individuals and confiscate what they want. Saddam was a good example.
Then, there are the democrats, who take from those who lose the election and give to the supporters [to a greater or lesser extent]. But one can generally apply the theorem "If you can't beat them, join them" in a democracy and there are many more degrees of freedom in democracies.
Then there are the free-trade, voluntary-association types who buy and sell in an open market. These have been the most successful societies. As socialism and communism have dwindled, the acceptance of markets of more or less free people [though bound by swarms of regulations] buying and selling from each other has grown.
Then, moving on up, we come to those whose capital provides for their needs. They just need to ensure they manage their capital well to maintain their lives, hiring people on a voluntary basis to do things for them.
After that, we come to the zenith, which is those who don't need any more capital and can choose anything they like to do. This is where the really great stuff of humanity comes from. Such as from Dr Irwin Jacobs who had retired and was wondering what to do. He thought it would be fun to start QUALCOMM, which he did with a dozen friends and associates. $ill Gates too is home free and can do what he likes. He thinks it's fun to eliminate malaria and do whatever else his $ill and Melinda Gates Foundation is up to.
One doesn't need to be a big timer to find self-fulfillment. Some people help with remedial reading for children at a local high school, or play golf, or go exploring, or inventing, or do anything their heart desires.
Plenty of people are still in the midst of earning a living, and might even be still in bondage but are able to find space to operate at the zenith, doing some things entirely of their own volition, with no need of payment for those particular things.
Understanding the process is important for communities to move away from the hideous cannibalism stage, out of the murky and cruel confiscatory stage, past the reptilian wage-slave process, beyond the capitalist level, to the self-determined Genki Dama level of Nirvana.
You are still in the confiscatory stage [earning wages from a government is still just the second stage - it's only when somebody who doesn't steal the money is paying you that you are into the reptilian stage]. That's good that you've moved beyond cannibalism. You should try the free market. You might like it [if you have any trace of talent and charm].
Please don't ask to pay me for this free advice. I am happy to help you understand how to reach Genki Dama Nirvana. Neither do I need any payment from Taiwan.
Mqurice, the sage. |
