On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:57 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/5/2013 9:46 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 12:06 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 1/4/2013 1:24 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:49 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 1/4/2013 7:37 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> Don't take this too much literally. >>> I have never believed in any notion like charity, or distribution of >>> wealth. It *looks* nice, but it generates poverty. >>> >>> >>> Oops, too late! I already gave my kids several hundred thousand dollars >>> in services and education. >>> >> >> That's not charity, it's protecting your genes. >> >> >> So my motive makes a difference in the result? >> > > No but your actions do, and your motives determine your actions. > > > So it's the actions, giving and charity, which have a bad effect. Which > is what Bruno said in the first place. > I can't talk for Bruno of course, but he said "charity" and "distribution of wealth". The example you give is neither. When people say "distribution of wealth" they don't usually have one's progeny in mind. Full disclosure: I agree with the left on civil liberties and with the right on free market capitalism. I agree with what they say, not what they do, which are two different things. Civil liberties are very limited and the brand of capitalism we have these days is crony capitalism. The left and the right have been synergistic in creating this state of affairs. I guess this makes me a libertarian, although I'm suspicious of people with such ideologies who are then willing to affiliate with a political organisations. I'm also aware that I might be wrong. > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
