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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.As an evangelical minister I spout back scripture to his deaf ears I response to his B.S. puts out bibly quotes to support his racist banter against migrants etc. He didn't have a counter to the Leviticus part that says to welcome a stranger like one of your own. Etc.
Beowulfsfriend
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Nov 6, 2018
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Luke 3:11 - John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”
Matthew 5:39 - (Jesus said) "But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also."
Funny how these conservative christians seem to forget these verses whenever forgivness or compassion is called for.
I love the idea of that! And fill it with delicious fresh fruits and vegetables from the community farm!
GuitarDoctor
Level 7
Nov 6, 2018
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The problem is that the "poors" from the developed countries have no idea on how much more fortunate they are in relation to the real average of the world.
So they feel that they do not have that much and still will have to share what they have.
On the other side, sharing should be a personal decision that could be organized by state, and not a compulsory transference of resources, it gets worse when the real rich can avoid those taxes, putting the real burden on the middle/low class.
Pedrohbds
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Nov 6, 2018
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@ProudMary one person, yes it's true, huge numbers, the history changes.
The real problems can't be solved on a case by case basis. They need massive amounts of resources and people organizing it.
Even if a billionaire make a massive donation, a lot of people are still needed to distribute it.
So yes, people that have less can help here and there, but they will never be able to solve the big problem.
@ProudMary, @OwlInASack and how to solve this? Massive inheritance taxes and regulations, this way you allow someone to grow free, but not to pass a too big to fail monstrosity to the next generation?
Or the more bolchevique solution?
In both cases the guys interested in this prefer to put lower class against slightly different lower class in the fight for peanuts, than to adress those King of problems.
And if you think about meritocracy, inheritance is a cheat code, you are winning because the previous generation won. So a "real" meritocracy would be built in a way that once the real builder of the fortune is gone, the next generation don't get a big part of it.
@Pedrohbds note the republicans just ended the "evil" inheritance tax, that the voting zombies never need have been worried about - it legally only hit individuals giving over 6 million and had easy loopholes meaning only those over 13 million ever paid.
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