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To: Rarebird who wrote (1260708)	9/9/2020 10:42:28 AM
From: longnshort	7 Recommendations Recommended By Bill Bonefish D.Austin FJB locogringo and 2 more members Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577908

how many homes do Obama. bernie and the clinton's own

To: Rarebird who wrote (1260708)	9/9/2020 11:47:24 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577908

Rarebird, Capitalism is good to a point, in moderation. Anything pushed to the extreme is no good. So ... what level of capitalism is "good," and what level of capitalism is "extreme"? Let me guess. The level of capitalism that you personally achieved is "good," but the level of capitalism that Jeff Bezos achieved is "extreme." There will always be someone richer than you, and there will always be someone poorer than you. Tenchusatsu

To: Rarebird who wrote (1260708)	9/13/2020 4:36:47 PM
From: IC720	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577908

However, competence or talent does not give one the right to own 3 homes while a percentage of the population is homeless. Why? A guess is 90% of those wealthy last 300 yrs are because of Good investments? Do you know why top 1% become rich?.. Do you care? Your saying give 50-100 of investing away? Might try looking at history.. .... Yuri have something here in 1984? Try listening.. ) "Was ahead of his time in 84? But are WE almost there? They changed all the terminology so many people don't recognize what's going on, but Marxist ideals -- by another name -- are touted daily now, and have gained widespread acceptance, especially among Millennial's? youtube.com .... "We The People" might agree? )) Ideals are that which we strive toward. They are, in fact, known as "ideals" because they represent the absolute pinnacle; the IDEAL -- and the ideal is rarely the reality. And given that humans will never acheive perfection, will can never reach our ideals perfectly. They are the lodestars that guide us to become better. As that ideal of "all men are created equal" has done here. Striving toward that ideal is exactly what led to the unusual amount of freedom and protected rights that all Americans, regardless of color, share today. Let's say you're just starting off trading, and you only have $1000 in the bank. You set a goal for yourself to become a millionaire. You are successful and eventually accumulate $800,000 in your account. At that point, are you going to say, "You are a failure! You set out to hit a million, but you're not perfectly there yet!" Or would you instead berate yourself for your $1000 past? "Remember when you set out and you only had $1000? How could you! Even if you become a millionaire, it won't matter, because of that $1000!" Of course you wouldn't. That would be counterproductive and irrational. You got to where you are now because you set an IDEAL to strive toward, and you strove toward it consistently, and will continue to do so. That is what we call "success," not failure. ... Agree? America's system is not the problem, it's the best solution we seem to have been able to find in two hundred-plus years of trial and error and gradual improvement. Tearing it down will lead to far, far worse. To me, that's what this debate is about. Not "does racism exist?" because of course it does. But is America ITSELF "systemically" racist -- and no, it's not. Giving people full property rights, full voting rights, full civil rights, and equal protection under the law is NOT how you create a "system" that's biased against them -- it's exactly the opposite. Oh then this.. : ) Just Sayin wake yu Dude.. <g> “We the people” is the strongest and most powerful concept on the planet. It is the probably the most compelling concept in our constitution. This phrase coupled with the opening of the Declaration of Independence constitutes the bedrock of our system. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” These concepts are the bed rock of our system. Just as “we the people” are the ultimate minority we are all also “individually” ultimately responsible for our actions and our actions alone. We are not responsible for our neighbors actions, people that are the same height as we are, some one else that attends our place of worship, people who share similar beliefs or people whose skin looks like ours. Our system is designed to protect the individual by punishing actions and only individual actions that infringe on the liberty of others. The prevailing social and political movements are becoming the antithesis of this concept of we the people and the rights of the individual to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To be absolutely clear I’m not picking sides in this statement... the right, the left, BLM, anti fascist, and dreaded white nationalist. The climate and rhetoric is that you have to pick a side and if you side with “we the people”, you are choosing silence, you are the enemy and worthy of destruction from all sides. This is the poison that will kill our system. It is happening before your eyes. You have been presented with a logical fallacy in the choices presented by the media and everyone on all sides of the political spectrum. You don’t have to be defined by one side or the other. You must resist defining others solely by the side they are apparently supporting. You must make your voice heard. Choosing “we the people” does not mean that your remain silent. You must make the voice of “we the people” heard. Write you federal and state representative. Write a letter to Trump and Biden. Talk to your neighbor. We the people are the only people that can steer this ship away from destruction."