Fall of the Republic
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Well, right now the system works in such a way that the poor have more kids than anyone else, because they are paid to do so. I would support any system that removed that financial incentive to create more welfare slaves. I would further consider supporting any system that used other incentives to urge people to breed less, because the world needs that.
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Christian Graus wrote:
system works in such a way that the poor have more kids than anyone else
That isn't necessarily true. Your making a generalization. There are plenty of poor people in African countries that don't get paid to have lots of children, but do because of infant mortality and cultural reasons beyond even that. A friend of mine once lived in Africa as part of the Peace Corp. He'd told me a story about how they had to pick up an entire village of dead bodies because there was a famine and they starved to death. He then told me about how, at birth, they would castrate the boys to one testicle so that there would be fewer people to feed. They still had too many. If financial reasons are the sole motivator than people who have no limit can breed as much as they like. This can make class warfare take on a whole new meaning. China just caps families to two and then they pay a fine if they have more than that. The only way they're allowed to have more children is if they only have girls in the first two. Apparently this is only for the Han ethnicity of Chinese though. In the end I doubt the world is ever going to be big enough for everyone. We'll probably have some kind of war before too much longer. Oh, what fun that will be. :rolleyes: Too bad the old people who start wars aren't the ones who fight them. Can you imagine two old codgers having at each other?
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Christian Graus wrote:
system works in such a way that the poor have more kids than anyone else
That isn't necessarily true. Your making a generalization. There are plenty of poor people in African countries that don't get paid to have lots of children, but do because of infant mortality and cultural reasons beyond even that. A friend of mine once lived in Africa as part of the Peace Corp. He'd told me a story about how they had to pick up an entire village of dead bodies because there was a famine and they starved to death. He then told me about how, at birth, they would castrate the boys to one testicle so that there would be fewer people to feed. They still had too many. If financial reasons are the sole motivator than people who have no limit can breed as much as they like. This can make class warfare take on a whole new meaning. China just caps families to two and then they pay a fine if they have more than that. The only way they're allowed to have more children is if they only have girls in the first two. Apparently this is only for the Han ethnicity of Chinese though. In the end I doubt the world is ever going to be big enough for everyone. We'll probably have some kind of war before too much longer. Oh, what fun that will be. :rolleyes: Too bad the old people who start wars aren't the ones who fight them. Can you imagine two old codgers having at each other?
wolfbinary wrote:
There are plenty of poor people in African countries that don't get paid to have lots of children, but do because of infant mortality and cultural reasons beyond even that.
By 'the system', I obviously mean the system in the part of the West where I live, not Africa.
wolfbinary wrote:
at birth, they would castrate the boys to one testicle so that there would be fewer people to feed.
Wow - they think that would work ?
wolfbinary wrote:
If financial reasons are the sole motivator than people who have no limit can breed as much as they like.
That is what happens with poor people here.
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Christian Graus wrote:
How is it ?
Do you not know anything about communism? It is a centrally planned system. No property rights for regular individuals, you don't get to keep what you earn, you own nothing not even your own labor.
Well, that's a slightly skewed definition, but what the hell does that have to do with Hollywood ?
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What a bunch of sad wankers they are. I mean, look at them...
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Christian Graus wrote:
I don't believe in the Illuminati.
Have you ever gotten really lit up on good acid? :-D
LOL - no. Mushrooms are the only psychadelic drug I've ever taken
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Christian Graus wrote:
I feel better now that I can agree with you, and not CSS :P
He posts enough crap, eventually he has to stumble into accuracy... even if fleetingly!
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It's the monkeys with typewriters idea ?
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I am in a resort in Fiji. I am able to read, not view. What's wrong with it ? Video is easy to show out of context, and watching a video sets the pace, reading lets you cross reference things and re-read things for clarity.
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Well, that's a slightly skewed definition, but what the hell does that have to do with Hollywood ?
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Christian Graus wrote:
what the hell does that have to do with Hollywood ?
It amazes me how little you understand about how the world works. You should know about propaganda by now. People these days are immersed in Hollywood generated fantasies. It becomes a part of their world. Hollywood plays a role in defining reality as we know it.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Because we can't invent solutions overnight, or out of thin air.
True, but while we have plenty of (relatively) cheap fossil fuel, there is no great incentive for the big oil companies to do anything else... Much the same as when any promising new technology was touted, it was bought and buried by the big oil companies...
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Which is precisely why government should get involved to create incentives.
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Which is precisely why government should get involved to create incentives.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Which is precisely why government should get involved to create incentives.
You mean strongarm the citizens into accepting tyranny.