nipthecat, on 25 Mar 2008, 23:43, said:
Dr. Strangelove, on 25 Mar 2008, 23:57, said:
Crush3r, on 25 Mar 2008, 21:24, said:
Strangelove, a society cannot exist if everyone is totally by himself.
By definition, a society is a group of people. People can and will and have become a part of a society for selfish gain. People can gain from joining a society by trading with others and working together.
Voluntarily.
What if no one wants to help/work for/pay for the government? (You make it easy for others - just copy and paste.)
Seriously dude, as a citizen of your plutocracy I either become an expat or self supporter in as much spheres of life as possible and turn my back on your government like many others. The maintenance of the infrastructure consumes vast sums of money, nobody will pay those sums 'voluntarily', neither the ordinary people nor the greedy corporations. Your nation will collapse soon if you don't force them to pay.
1:Then the government doesn't work. Its that simple.
2:I'm not familiar with what you call an expat. Its an expatriate right? If so, I don't understand what you are saying.
3: Yes they will. Think of it as an insurance policy. People will pay plenty to make sure that criminals that attack them get justice.
4: Greedy corporations are made up of people.
Wizard, on 25 Mar 2008, 23:55, said:
Dr. Strangelove, on 25 Mar 2008, 23:40, said:
Wizard, on 25 Mar 2008, 23:25, said:
Dr. Strangelove, on 25 Mar 2008, 22:57, said:
How? At whose expense? What if no one wants to help/work for/pay for the government?
What do you mean how? Are you really trying to waste our time? The people who use the services they provide. Then they are tried at the fulliest extent of the law.
Dr. Strangelove, on 25 Mar 2008, 22:57, said:
Should those utility companies been started by government subsidies in the first place? 99% of companies have gotten where they are without any help whatsoever.
Yes or otherwise no companies of that stature would exist. We aren't talking about a corner shop here. But corporations that require hundreds of millions of pounds in infrastructure setup and logistics. It proves to me how baseless your arguments are that you making statements like that without realising just what your point of view physically entails. How do you think every single multinational on the planet started? Through government assistance. British Telecom was state owned, as was British Gas. Both are now the largest providers of the respective services in this country. Same in every country. This wouldn't have been possible without goevernment intervention brought about from an economic system based on taxes.
Dr. Strangelove, on 25 Mar 2008, 22:57, said:
Crush3r, on 25 Mar 2008, 21:24, said:
Strangelove, a society cannot exist if everyone is totally by himself.
By definition, a society is a group of people. People can and will and have become a part of a society for selfish gain. People can gain from joining a society by trading with others and working together.
Voluntarily.
Who cares if it's for selfish gain. Everyone only thinks about themselves. The difference being is that your strain of logic and argument, which I am getting rather tired of btw, suggests that there isn't a reason to think of anyone else. Well there is. Deal it.
1:I honestly expect you to explain the how.
2:So what you are saying is that people are slaves to the government. Amirite?
3:So if people don't support the government, they will be punished. What if people still refuse to do so?
4:We
are talking about a corner shop. Thats how these things start. People start small, make money, and grow. Walmart wasn't started by subsidies. Neither was Westwood, Chevron, Microsoft, Apple, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Mittal Steel, Bear Stearns, and just about every company out there.
5: Well if anybody gains, it selfish, isn't it? After all, if that person even appreciates the fact that they gained, its selfish. Only if nobody gains can it be not selfish at all.
6:If there is such a reason, let me here it.
1. Explain how what? Do you really need me to explain to you how tax payers money is spent? Who it benefits? And how you can be held to account for not paying these taxes?
2. No, youarewrong.
3. If people break the law they are held accountable for their actions
4. Do you seriously believe that Boeing, Chevron, Mittal, Bear Sterns and other multinationals have received no government assitance? What planet are you living on?
5. No
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concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
if only yourself and no else gains, that is selfish. Dictionary definition.
6. Try: to better your fellow man : to create a more pleasant environment for your children : to live in a more harmonious world. None of these are attainable by being an altruist or whatever you call it stick-your-head-in-the-sand stoic.
1:I mean how as in not how the money is spent, but how the job will actually get done.
2:So it isn't slavery? I mean, it sounds like it. You give someone an ultimatum: you work for me or I hurt you. If that isn't slavery, I don't know what is.
3:See 2.
4: Where do you think money comes from? The tax money that funds subsidies comes from somewhere. That money comes primarily from big corporations. Subsidizing a corporation is self-defeating. Also, a little history on some of these companies:
Chevron
Boeing
Mittal
5:Being concerned chiefly with yourself, you really don't care if other people benefit or not. That doesn't mean that you actively try and deny them benefits , it means that if they do it would be a side-effect, not a primary motivator. A rising tide lifts all boats. If some else gains from your actions, "good for them" is what an Objectivist thinks, but their primary goal is that he gets the best.
6: If you haven't realized, you are an altruist, and you kin of just rebuked yourself.