--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ > wrote: > > > > > > > > > One of Raj Patel's main themes is that the new capital for the 21st > > > century is going to be the capital of 'giving'. ie. He is saying > that > > > true wealth in the future will come from giving. > > > > > > Who on FairfieldLife would say 'no' to that philosophy for the 21st > > > century? In essence, do you agree with this idea or not? If not, > state > > > in one sentence your alternative approach. > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > > I say "no" to that philosophy. > > > > The best way to allocate the scarce resources of the world in the > fairest and most efficient way -- in particular and disproportionately > in favor of the poorest of the world -- is through the selfishness and > "me, firstness" of the unfettered free market.>> > > Thanks for the honest answer, but your method will not work in the 21st > century. Your method allocates resources to the biggest army only, and a > few of their citizens and not to the most successful businesses as your > free-market philosophy champions. Your method also fuels and perpetuates > terrorism worldwide. And the problem is, many people have the biggest > army now, its called a nuclear bomb. So your greed will come back to > bite you and leave the world devastated. So, no, your methods are the > methods of the dark ages, not the 21st century. > > Next please..... (move along now Shemp, your kind are history, not part > of the future.) > > OffWorld >
Again, the person who you supported for president, Ron Paul, agrees with me and disagrees with you. Did you even bother to find out what he stood for before you became the fanatical supporter of his that you were?
