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It's not dogma. It's just that at some point you hit upon a foundation. We each have our foundations. You're no different to me in that regard. The pr...

Indeed. It would be quite a surprise, to say the least, if I looked up into the night sky at that constellation and saw a coloured picture of a lion s...

How indecent!

She'd go up in my estimation. I think that we should all protest naked outside of Agustino's house.

That constellation looks more like a flamingo than a lion. Pink, feathery, large beak, barely a leg to stand on. That sounds like a creature more repr...

If you don't stop this nonsense, I'm just going to ignore it. I'm growing tired of repeating variations of the same point that you just don't seem to ...

The issue here is disproportionate distribution of wealth. (I doubt anyone here is advocating that a hierarchical pay structure be scrapped). And ther...

False. The paramedic's employer must get additional funds from somewhere. I propose they be taken, in part, from your brownie business. You might not ...

Dear Grandma, I think I've met someone I like. His name is Agustino, although he prefers to go by the ironic moniker, "The Great Agu". He's adorable, ...

Hi, my name is @"Wayfarer", and I am sometimes forgetful. ;)

Wealth, in the relevant sense, is a broad term relating to monetary worth, not what Agustino rigidly defines it to be. It can of course be measured, a...

No. Cite it yourself if need be. I'm certain that you know what I'm referring to. I spoke about balance and proportion, I gave you analogies, and I ha...

That would not be true under what I have proposed. The incentive would be a proportionate reward. That would be an incentive for many. It might not be...

Reminds me of this.

But they did not show any interest in Paul's offer to take a look at it and fix it free of charge. They didn't even reply. So I don't buy that they co...

If a more gradual approach would work better, then a more gradual approach is what I would favour. I'm reasonable like that. And I'm not completely hi...

No, I can't guarantee that, and I am willing to consider the middle ground of which you speak. I share your worry, and I have been reading about polit...

Maybe it will. Communism isn't off the table. The talk of shares stemmed from you. I just went along with it. My main point was about forceful redistr...

Good answer.

I am not necessarily arguing that they should be paid more than that man, just that they should be paid more than they currently are, and that that ma...

See? Bitter Crank gets it. Agustino, Thorongil, and Michael need to up their game.

That's why internationalism is important. "Workers of the world, unite!"

On this day, in 2003, section 28 was repealed. (Y)

Dirt is dirty. To be dirty is to be concerned with sex in a lewd or obscene way. Therefore, all planets made of dirt must be Hanover.

I'm aware of that. They do it under different circumstances. But that could change. And no, that doesn't necessarily mean totalitarianism; and no, tot...

If what I said is totalitarian, then I can't think of a government that is not totalitarian. Authorities do those things under the current system. Are...

Of course not. I see no need to jump to such drastic measures. How could they resist? The authorities could just seize funds or assets, couldn't they?...

I didn't plan to say anything at all, but that didn't quite work out. I'm not rejecting the claim or the common ground. Just the peace offering. It wo...

Imagine, if you will, and if censorship will permit, a picture of an olive branch, which is grasped at both ends by a pair of hands, and which has bee...

Yes, they'd be forced to give them away. That would be an example of forceful redistribution. Your second question makes no sense. They had already bo...

That would be great, but would he or she be willing to do so? My prediction is that many business owners would not be willing. Therefore, the redistri...

My assessment of why you do not understand the issue is that you are too engrossed in business norms to think outside of the box.

Perhaps it's just me, but brownies seem trivial compared to human lives.

I'm not equivocating, and do you think that I don't know that? I'm asking you whether you think that that's right. I'm asking you whether you think th...

Oh noes. I failed your silly test. Whatever shall I do?

What don't you get about that? Are you suggesting that you and your hypothetical brownie business is worth more than the value of saving lives?

You don't seem to know what you're talking about.

Because it's not fair. Anyone who has the power to rectify the situation, but does not, is to blame.

Of course, that's not the only implication. Can anyone spot any more?

I did that in the other discussion: the discussion that you created, and which this discussion is responding to. You saw it with your own eyes. This i...

Because it's not fair. Yes, "of course". I don't need no "value-quantity graph" to know right from wrong.

Of course you don't see it. That's exactly what I expected.

The rich should not get way way way fucking richer. That is not right.

This demonstrates that I have not set up a puzzle which is impossible to solve. Why hasn't this happened? And don't you think that it's wrong that it ...

Yes, you don't see it. That's the problem. It's a bit like an inkblot test. What does this tell us about you?

That doesn't get the heart of our disagreement. That's preaching to the choir. Our disagreement relates to the breaking down of what the various kinds...

This is a game which plays into your hand. Any answer I give, you can just respond by questioning how or why that is fair. We clearly have different c...

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Individualistic aspirational nonsense. It's not sensible to disregard the data that 9/10 businesses fail on average. There's a fine line between being...

I don't set the limit. I don't have the expertise of a politician or an economist. But I can point to examples of excessive pay. One example would be ...