There's no talking to fools like the blindpig primitive. If you point out that those who built the factories, wrote the software, and planted the corn were all paid for their services, he'll say it wasn't enough money. If you point out that the person who received the money freely accepted the employment at that wage amount, he'll say they had no choice but to take the work and is a slave. There's always an answer that centers on the individual not really having the freedom to choose and/or reject where to work and for how much.
Simple concepts involving the employer-employee relationship which are common sense to most people must be completely turned on its head in order for their world to exist. Should something like they propose ever try and catch hold here in the USA, history clearly teaches that you have to kill them before they kill you.
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Wow. No doubt where you stand, none at all. As a Socialist, it's not surprising that I agree more with Blind Pig on the issues you raise than I do with you. I will say something on 2 points you made.
On this bit,
"If you point out that the person who received the money freely accepted the employment at that wage amount, he'll say they had no choice but to take the work and is a slave."
you really exaggerate. If one has the choice of accepting a minimum wage retail job with "flexible" hours or face being evicted, that's really not much of a choice, IMO. And the working conditions are truly horrible, again IMO.
As for "...history clearly teaches that you have to kill them before they kill you," there is a strong possibility that there will come a time within the next decade or so where people like you will face a choice that will make you feel somewhat empathetic to that hypothetical retail employee. You can either really compromise and make serious concessions to someone like me, or take your chances on the battlefield against not only those like me, but those like Blind Pig as well.
I do not expect to see any agreement here, in fact I expect to see this post swarmed and attacked. That's OK, it's your right to do so, and I won't whine. I also won't stay to do any battle today. For one, I'm hopelessly outnumbered, for another, it's Christmas Eve. I just hope some of you remember what I said in a few years.
Meanwhile, I'm not really trying to piss anyone off or play the troll. And I do have a lot of respect for Frank S. So we disagree. Merry Christmas, anyway.