pstarr wrote:Pre, that is mean relativistic BS. You are no more the center of universe than you are an elite recruitment of the commanding general of the Roman army. You are a social primate forced by evolution and your DNA to care about others.
pstarr wrote:As for your misguided claims for selfishness;Wrong. You are a predatory social primate, and live in a hierarchical structure (not unlike the wolves) where all adults care for other's young and other adults (except in isolated cases during periods of starvation, pack re-alignment). This altruistic behavior (an extension of parental/child protection) is made possible by a phenomena called "group selection" where individual gene success is propagated by pack behavior. IE inherent support for young is extended to members of the group.Pretorian wrote:I also consulted my DNA , and it explicitly told me that DNAs that care about anything but it's own security and continuation tend not to last very long, primates and not primates alike. So it mandated me to act accordingly.
You deny it, but you have a propensity to care for others regardless of your political ideology.
Loki wrote:But no worries for the Ayn Rand crowd, the fabulously wealthy will continue to be fabulously wealthy, First or Third World. They may have to sell a yacht or two, though. The injustice!
Pops wrote:Loki wrote:But no worries for the Ayn Rand crowd, the fabulously wealthy will continue to be fabulously wealthy, First or Third World. They may have to sell a yacht or two, though. The injustice!
I agree with what you said except this part.
Most wealth is just bytes on a chip, as volatile as a fart in a whirlwind.
Buffet 'lost' $30 Billion in 2008 - but he didn't loose anything tangible, nothing. Just flipped a few 1's to 0's.
Look at how the markets fall at a mere puff of ill wind, that's 'wealth' disappearing. It only reappears when enough people believe a fair wind is about to blow.
What will happen to all those bytes when everyone realizes the wind is gone forever?
Pretorian wrote:AdTheNad wrote:Pretorian wrote:I'm glad you didn't have to mourn, but may I ask where in your opinion lays a difference between a useless eater and a highly skilled professional?
Since we're being frank, do you consider yourself a useless eater?
I personally consider myself to be the center of the Universe; which is true considering the distance between me and the borders of the Universe. So, obviously I do not consider myself to be a useless eater since the Universe itself is nothing but my personal aquarium of sorts which was given to me so I can pursue my happiness, and as soon as I die, the Universe will cease to exist. On the other hand, you or some other bystander might find me to be a useless eater, and that would not upset or bother me at all. Which is why I find it to be amusing when people fret so much even here, on more or less anonymous forum when labeled " a useless eater" while chances are 10 to 1 that it's true.
careinke wrote:
Holy smokes Pretorian, that could be a direct quote from Ayn Rand (a true patriot). Are you related?
Loki wrote:careinke wrote:
Holy smokes Pretorian, that could be a direct quote from Ayn Rand (a true patriot). Are you related?
A “patriot” indeed, except of course for her open contempt for pretty much everything the Founders espoused.
[quote=John Adams]the Spirit of Commerce ... is incompatible with that purity of Heart, and Greatness of soul which is necessary for a happy Republic.
careinke wrote:I think she truly loved the US, of course look what she had to compare it with. Adams and Jefferson were always at odds, was one of them less of a patriot because of it? I think not.
careinke wrote:Pretorian wrote:AdTheNad wrote:Pretorian wrote:I'm glad you didn't have to mourn, but may I ask where in your opinion lays a difference between a useless eater and a highly skilled professional?
Since we're being frank, do you consider yourself a useless eater?
I personally consider myself to be the center of the Universe; which is true considering the distance between me and the borders of the Universe. So, obviously I do not consider myself to be a useless eater since the Universe itself is nothing but my personal aquarium of sorts which was given to me so I can pursue my happiness, and as soon as I die, the Universe will cease to exist. On the other hand, you or some other bystander might find me to be a useless eater, and that would not upset or bother me at all. Which is why I find it to be amusing when people fret so much even here, on more or less anonymous forum when labeled " a useless eater" while chances are 10 to 1 that it's true.
Holy smokes Pretorian, that could be a direct quote from Ayn Rand (a true patriot). Are you related?
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
ralfy wrote:Several fast crashes, as seen during the last few years, and part of a global slow crash.
Subjectivist wrote:The Slow Crash has been going on for 50 years but some people denand fast crash or nothing, so they can't even see it.
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