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To: SilentZ who wrote (286609)	5/3/2006 5:31:22 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1575269

Z, Ergo, the system is broken. As you very well know, every economic system is broken in some way or another. Communism and it's democratic equivalent of socialism is broken in that citizens will quickly learn to become less productive and more needy. Capitalism is broken in that wealth eventually gets gobbled up by the few, thereby crushing the efforts of the masses. Totalitarianism is broken in that "might makes right," even if it leads to self-destruction. And so on, and so forth. I still love the quote from the movie "Enemy at the Gates," worth repeating: I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love. Tenchusatsu

To: SilentZ who wrote (286609)	5/8/2006 4:31:12 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575269

>Z, so do you still think Bill Gates doesn't deserve to be the richest man on Earth, if what JF says is true? After all, Gates was smart enough to be in the right place at the right time, repeatedly, and knew how to take advantage of it. "Deserve?" In a system that's like 90% arbitrary, nobody deserves to make hundredes of thousands of times what others do, but that's the way the system works. Ergo, the system is broken. Heresy! What could have possibly made you post that comment? Everyone knows that the richer you are; the harder you work and the bigger your IQ. Dem are da facts!