Why should the people who have gained their wealth honestly not be admired for it? Urmas On 11/18/2005 01:17, Anna wrote: > > > So, you envision your ideal society as purely selfish where people are admired for their wealth, right? > > Anna > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Deus Ex Machina > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 3:36 PM > > Subject: Re: vast inequality Re: [Libertarian] Magical Capitalism? > > Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The "problem" of inequality? Since when is that a problem? People > > > are not equal. Some are born poor, some are born crippled, some are > > > born into priviledge. They should be free to go as far as their > > > talents, abilities, and ingenuity can get them. They should have > > > equality of opportunity and no other way. > > this is the point inequality is not the problem. some people attitudes > > towards inequality is the problem. where once I would have been negative > > towards people with great wealth, now I admire them because I relaised > > that somewhere that great wealth most like came from creating great > > value for others. > > one has to be very careful with equality of opportunity because this > > doesnt exist either and is rapidly becoming a new socialist catch > > phrase. being in a small town is of vastly differing types of > > opportunites then being in a big city, or poor vs rich. creative vs > > not creative. etc. > > Vic > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "Libertarian" on the web. > > > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "Libertarian" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > >
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