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Grombobulous says "Paul Graham is out here giving speeches to rich kids at Oxford Union, but he could be spending his morning in the local soup kitchen or build
by giardini 4mo ago
Grombobulous says "Paul Graham is out here giving speeches to rich kids at Oxford Union, but he could be spending his morning in the local soup kitchen or building homes with Habitat for Humanity. He could be mentoring people who are struggling to escape housing insecurity, or he could be working with advocacy groups to expand healthcare access and end childhood hunger."
Which of those would provide the most benefit to the world?
Grombobulous says "But he is one of the people who has dedicated his life to capitalism, even after successfully taking care of his family for many lifetimes, and that says a lot about him."
You're simply anti-capitalist. Please post about that instead of mounting personal attacks on people who make more money than you. And please cease telling other people what to do and not do! Try to put yourself into their shoes and think harder about their situation.
- joquarky 4mo ago> And please cease telling other people what to do and not do! This is the most ironic comment I've seen in a while.
- giardini 4mo agoNot ironic but perhaps somewhat self-contradictory. In any case it is very reasonable as an assumption for civil debate.
- Grombobulous 4mo agoI’m not anti-capitalist at all, but all good things have limits. It’s a wonderful thing to eat a scoop of ice cream, or three scoops of ice cream, but I would never suggest that anyone eat 1000 scoops of ice cream.
- giardini 4mo agoGrombobulous says "I’m not anti-capitalist at all". Nonsense. You are a simple study and you are envious. There are good reasons why envy is listed as one of the "Seven Deadly Sins". See Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy Reading "St. Augustine on Envy" might help: https://fountainofelias.blogspot.com/2019/08/st-augustine-on-envy.html https://fountainofelias.blogspot.com/2019/08/st-augustine-on... Thomas Aquinas on Envy: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3036.htm https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3036.htm Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Envy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/envy/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/envy/
- mukbangpervert 4mo ago> cease telling other people what to do and not do! People like you are so sociopathic and unaware that it's simply comedy. > people who make more money than you. One of the things I realized, as I made more money... was how much _easier_ every aspect of earning gets, as you are already earning more, and as you need it less. We live in a system that almost _automatically_ overallocates wealth to people who do little for society. It's pathetic.
- giardini 4mo agoUnworthy.