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Originally Posted by JcP
assuming desire is irrelevant, why not? What's your attachment to 'stuff' about?
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Just survival first. Then independence. Then personal growth.
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assuming desire is irrelevant, why not simply give?
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That seems suicidal.
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This is fine, snapshot. My point is that I sensed a quality of resignation in your post in terms of money...that it's something we have to deal with because humanity won't evolve past the point of needing it.
My reply to that is: until you do, you're correct. If you believe money to be a force of good, and if you believe desire to be a quality that increases your compassion and the general well-being of humanity, that's fine.
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Cool.
The thing that occurs with money, I think, is the same thing that occurs when people say communism is bad. It's not the money, it's not the capitalism, it's always the violent means used to control people through such a medium. It seems to me whenever people are talking about the evils money, capitalism, communism, religion, etc., etc., they are ALWAYS, underlying their argument, talking about violence. I just don't think they necessarily realize it.
What do you think? Do you think there are people who actually don't like money? Do you disagree with me that continually giving is, in a sense, suicidal? To me, I could understand that if everyone gave, you wouldn't need to work to take, but it seems as though you'd be able to give a lot more if you took a lot more, since there's that (ol') incentive (again) to compete, do your best, and produce the best comes in.