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[Giordano]

Life's a challenge?? You having a first-class vaction comparied to them! You got a clean water to drink, food, and a comfty house. They got to drink dirty water, bet you'll NEVER do that. They barely get any food, you'll be lucky if you get food once a day, you'll die in the 1st day I bet. They live in small shacks, just enough to sleep in. That or you'll sleep outside.

[gonpost]

Ah, vanity, my favorite sin.

 

 

 

And also the reason that you are all hypocrites.

[No_OnE]

Do you know that money some of you give to Jagex each month for members? Why do you give it to a rich company when you could give it to charity? Why spend it on entertainment when you could spend it on food for the poor? Honestly, think about these things. There are other ways to get free entertainment. For instance, I have the attention span of a cat, a ball of yarn or a shiny object or a flashlight is all I need sometimes.

 

 

 

Try this out -> get a notebook and write down a daily log of what you pay for and how much you pay for it. Do this for a month. Then after the month read through the note book and highlight the unnecessary crap. Save all your receipts and staple them to the book. You'd be surprised.

 

 

 

If all the money in the world was spread evenly amongst all the people of the world. I beleive it might be a world in which everyone can live happily... But I do not know. they're will always be that money-hungry tyrant who wants to be bigger, and better, and richer than everyone else. Sadly thats human nature.

 

I think what you're describing is called COMMUNISM. It works in theory (i.e. John Lennon's song "Imagine") but as you said... well, just look towards Russia.

 

 

 

Ah, yes. Communism/Socialism look perfect on paper but will never work out because we will always have the power hungry fools.

[indy500fan]

Ah, yes. Communism/Socialism look perfect on paper but will never work out because we will always have the power hungry fools.

 

 

 

i never understood this "looks good on paper" statement. if you mean as in theory it could work, i guess i understand. but it never looked good to me. i see some people working, and other people taking the products of their labour, which sounds an awful lot like slavery.

[No_OnE]

Ah, yes. Communism/Socialism look perfect on paper but will never work out because we will always have the power hungry fools.

 

 

 

i never understood this "looks good on paper" statement. if you mean as in theory it could work, i guess i understand. but it never looked good to me. i see some people working, and other people taking the products of their labour, which sounds an awful lot like slavery.

 

Yeah, I mean in theory. I know what you mean, I guess some parts are still flawed but there are some good things in Communism. It's just that those good things never pan out...

[gonpost]

Ah, yes. Communism/Socialism look perfect on paper but will never work out because we will always have the power hungry fools.

 

 

 

i never understood this "looks good on paper" statement. if you mean as in theory it could work, i guess i understand. but it never looked good to me. i see some people working, and other people taking the products of their labour, which sounds an awful lot like slavery.

 

 

 

Communism/socialism/capitalism are all ECONOMIC systems, people.

 

 

 

But btw, the reason communism never works is that, for some reason, a dictatorship always arises and thus the entire point of communism is defeated. Not to mention, just look at the poor in the US compared to the poor in any other country. It's ironic that our poor live the best, isn't it? Oh, and don't tell me it's because the US is rich. Any of the European countries is wealthy enough to be very similar.

 

 

 

I could list a thousand reasons why communism is worse than capitalism (ok, fine, maybe not a thousand). But personally, I prefer a capitalistic economy with an influence of socialism.

 

 

 

EDIT: Apparently no one understood the profundity of my previous post. *sigh* And I thought it was so well stated.

[bacab]

Going a bit off topic but communism doesn't work much because if there's no free market, there's no competition. And without competition, well, the market is going to die. Simple as that. It's actualy not that simple, but, whatever.

[indy500fan]

Ah, yes. Communism/Socialism look perfect on paper but will never work out because we will always have the power hungry fools.

 

 

 

i never understood this "looks good on paper" statement. if you mean as in theory it could work, i guess i understand. but it never looked good to me. i see some people working, and other people taking the products of their labour, which sounds an awful lot like slavery.

 

 

 

Communism/socialism/capitalism are all ECONOMIC systems, people.

 

 

 

thanks captain obvious, of course its an economic system. not only did i never say it wasnt, i never even implied it wasnt.

 

 

 

and i didnt reply to your "hypocracy" statement because im not a hypocrite.

 

 

 

i dont feel sorry for the less fortunate. i dont think they are unlucky. i wouldnt ever send money to them. i am selfish bastard. i am aware that i live better than the majority of the people in the world. i dont think everyone should share with the less fortunate. they can if they want.

 

 

 

edit: i should state that i am a capitalist, and not the psuedo-capitalist that the united states is, i am a laissez-faire capitalist.

[Devilsdragon]

The theory behind communism: There is a coup d'etat that kicks out the current system and a new one takes place. This oneevevenly distributes the wealth of the society and evens out the jobs. They are the SUPPOSE to slowly dissapate themselves into society at which time there is no actual government, just people working together to better live their lives. The problem always occures in the dissapation process since once these people have the power, they don't want to give it up.

[Nadril]

The theory behind communism: There is a coup d'etat that kicks out the current system and a new one takes place. This oneevevenly distributes the wealth of the society and evens out the jobs. They are the SUPPOSE to slowly dissapate themselves into society at which time there is no actual government, just people working together to better live their lives. The problem always occures in the dissapation process since once these people have the power, they don't want to give it up.

 

 

 

Yeah, the idea it's self could work for a small group of people, but for an entire nation it's a challanging task.

[state_of_mind]

Interesting video.

 

 

 

61 Asians huh?

[michiel2]

One of the easiest ways:

 

 

 

http://www.thehungersite.com/

 

 

 

Just visit the site daily and click the button. It's so easy and it works, while it doesn't cost you anything than a few seconds of your time. :)

 

 

 

Interesting, how does that help? I have clicked if that makes a difference.

 

Do sponsors pay for every click on it? It doesn't seem very good for the sponsors if everyone were to click it...

 

 

 

Yep, it comes from sponsors. And believe me, some of them have pretty deep pockets and get good publicity for advertising on the site. Every click funds about 1 staple of rice. :)

 

''Thank you! Your click helps feed the hungry with the value of 1.1 cups of staple food.''

 

Heh, I added it to my favorites. :)

[BlueLancer]

The theory behind communism: There is a coup d'etat that kicks out the current system and a new one takes place. This oneevevenly distributes the wealth of the society and evens out the jobs. They are the SUPPOSE to slowly dissapate themselves into society at which time there is no actual government, just people working together to better live their lives. The problem always occures in the dissapation process since once these people have the power, they don't want to give it up.

 

 

 

Yeah, the idea it's self could work for a small group of people, but for an entire nation it's a challanging task.

 

 

 

Especially when the general manager of a shoe factory gets the same wage as a farmer who might slack off all day and let other's do all the work; Both still get food and are kept alive by the society.

 

 

 

It isn't hard to see which of the two will soon get * off and start demanding more benefits to himself as a reward for his more demanding work. Most humans do NOT want to live just for the sake of living no matter how beautiful it is as an ideal. Most people are materialists and want to get advanced benefits, gadgets, wealth and social status.

[issy2]

Wow, I felt really emotional watching that video. I feel so selfish.

 

 

 

that's the lame excuse for music that was playing while you watched it.

 

 

 

I thought it was just as typical as an oxfam advert

 

 

 

Yeah, that's what you thought, stop insulting my opinions now please?

 

 

 

No need to be quite so hyper sensitive issy2 :roll:

 

 

 

I've heard those statistics before, but what are we supposed to do about it? what can we do? nothing...

 

 

 

Sorry Michel, I was in a really bad mood when I typed that post. No offene meant... *slaps wrist* :shame: