BitconnectCarlos

Here's what you do, you ask them this simple question: Are you entitled to someone else's body? If they answer "yes" you just ignore them because they...

Something to keep in mind that is that being homeless is not the same thing as being without shelter. Some homeless people live with friends/family an...

Ok, I feel like we're talking about 2 different things. I was more talking about homelessness in general, you're talking about COVID and homelessness....

Yeah Tim, you're right. Obviously mental illness and trauma have essentially no relation to the homeless problem faced in America today. If only we co...

Could you go a little more into detail in terms of what you mean by authorities being irrational? Which authorities? Who are these exploiters and how ...

Just to be clear, I wasn't advocating for forcibly institutionalizing homeless people with mental problems. I do however think that for better or for ...

Very interesting documentary done by Vice a couple years ago on homelessness where they film a homeless shelter in Louisianna: https://www.youtube.com...

Stop straw manning capitalism.

What Geo said to you isn't a straw man. He was just sharing his opinion. He wasn't reframing your argument in a ridiculous manner and responding to th...

I personally don't believe the profit motive is an essential feature of human nature. I do, however, believe that it's an essential feature of any mod...

Everything you're seeing isn't intended to be an argument or a direct rebuttal to you. We're just making our position clear. Us expressing our positio...

Thank you! I knew we'd see eye to eye! /s What straw man are you talking about? No one is saying that only profit motivates people. We are saying that...

Finally someone speaking some sense. I'll agree with this like 99% with the possible caveat that if someone is capable of accumulating wealth, but ins...

Could you give me examples? I agree that they exist, I'm honestly just curious as to how many there are and whether they all have the same goals. Typi...

It's interesting you say that. When I think "ruling elite" the group that comes to mind would be people like Bezos, Musk, Gates, Buffet, the Waltons.....

The practice of harvesting organs from sometimes living prisoners is just a reflection of the genocidal, sociopathic nature of the Chinese leadership ...

I've already explained my position on this one, Xtrix. All I believe is that businesses should be free to structure themselves however they like, with...

Yeah, that's what I thought. Then why did you ask me to actually engage what you said initially? Was it just to waste the time of the right-wing enemy...

Are you even interested in any sort of honest political/philosophical conversation with me? We've had this conversation before - in the absence of gen...

What point do you even want me to address? Your initial reply to me was literally just an insult, as usual. Unfortunately, insults don't really leave ...

Ok, this is what you said: That sounds like an invitation to a full-on discussion about political or philosophical systems.

Address what you're saying? Is that an invitation to a genuine political/philosophical discussion about our differences? How far do we get on that one...

I was putting on my leftist hat in this instance when talking with Streetlight. Sometimes when you engage your political opposition it can help to try...

I don't think the analogy is lazy. I think it brings up an important point about how two supposedly very different groups use similar dehumanizing and...

So how much wealth should individuals or families be allowed to have at any given time? How do we decide that limit? What happens if they exceed that ...

Nice, do I get one of those green caps with the red star? In any case, I wonder if you'd extend the same line of thinking to organs: Plenty of people ...

Top 1% starts at around $10mm-$11mm net worth, of which Bernie is a part of. But doesn't $10mm seem excessive? Why should anyone be allowed to have $1...

What is "extreme wealth?" What do you think about Bernie Sanders, he's a 1% last time I checked. Where is the cut off point in wealth where it becomes...

Well in all fairness you weren't exactly my target audience here. I wouldn't have expected you to be entertained.

I had kind of a funny thought today: What if you were to make one of those overlapping pie charts with "nazi" on one end and "radical far left" on the...

The board of directors are voted on by the shareholders, who certainly have a stake in the success of the company because they're funding it. There co...

The reason I brought this issue up is because I'm trying to save the workers, especially the low level workers, in the case that a bankruptcy occurs. ...

Back to my original question then: Wouldn't all workers then be on the hook for debts in the case of bankruptcy then? Also, lets say there's 10 worker...

Ok, I think I understand you better now. I'll say if an owner wants to structure his corporation like that I don't have any problem with that, it's th...

Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a long and expensive process and all debts still need to be paid. You aren't off the hook for the debts just by declaring cha...

When they declare bankruptcy the owners are on the hook for that. New, inexperienced employees could be permanently damaging their financial future.

Yep, and these guys make $$$ when business goes well. If only the everyday employee could get some skin in the game. But what happens when things go p...

:100: I am 100% a more optimistic person since engaging with Schop and pessimistic philosophy.

I've talked with schopenhauer1 about this topic a bit, and I think his position is more accurately categorized as one that is anti-being than anti-suf...

Lets see the scholarship then. I'd be interested. $100MM net worth seems a fair cut off level here. At this level you have people from entertainment, ...

I was just talking about people advancing classes, not necessarily into the 1%. If someone who's lower middle makes it into the middle class I would c...

Where are the stats that people are more likely to move from middle to lower class than middle to upper middle? I feel like if this were true we'd be ...

I agree with the first part you wrote about risk: Someone with more wealth is generally speaking in better place to take on risk even if this risk doe...

Thomas J. Stanley's The Millionaire Next Door. I think they're just asking who inherited that sum, and if you didn't you were "self-made." I know, it'...

For me personally, I try to avoid using the term "deserve" in this context. I think "deserving" in this context is a very tricky notion. You're talkin...

I guess I just don't see opportunity as something that is "distributed." I guess in some sense it is though. On balance, the rich have more opportunit...

What is perfection? Complete equality of opportunity? I want you to really think on this one: Even if the US was a completely equal society, would eve...

Talking about a "distribution of opportunity" honestly confuses me. Did you get straight As in school? Any college scholarships? I'm not going to doub...

Just to add to what I was saying earlier: Even in an absolutely perfect society there wouldn't be equality of opportunity. I mean what are we suppose ...

I've long felt that this view of the American dream is kind of a straw-man. I don't know anyone in their right mind who'd believe that every child has...