05-05-2003, 11:13 PM
First off, I already replied but it vanished. The lag demon ate it! ^_^
As to the quote you mention, I don't know why you think that quote would somehow bias me against the author of the article. It's clear, logical, and makes perfect sense.
The terms "rich" and "poor" exist to demarcate those with a different amount of net worth under this giant math game we call Capitalism. For one person to have "more", another person MUST, by definition, have less. A capitalist economy is an example of what is called by game theorists a "zero-sum game". This means that if you add everything up, the total value in the system remains constant; it just gets shuffled around.
Intrigued by this interesting quote, I read the article, expecting the Nefarious Anarchist Plot you made it out to be. Instead, I found an unfocused leftist ramble with few blatant logical errors and mostly a lack of overall direction or goals.
That is, the individual points Mr. Taylor makes are (mostly) correct, but he goes nowhere with them, and I really don't see what about this post could annoy you so much you'd post a flame of it here.
-Kasreyn
As to the quote you mention, I don't know why you think that quote would somehow bias me against the author of the article. It's clear, logical, and makes perfect sense.
The terms "rich" and "poor" exist to demarcate those with a different amount of net worth under this giant math game we call Capitalism. For one person to have "more", another person MUST, by definition, have less. A capitalist economy is an example of what is called by game theorists a "zero-sum game". This means that if you add everything up, the total value in the system remains constant; it just gets shuffled around.
Intrigued by this interesting quote, I read the article, expecting the Nefarious Anarchist Plot you made it out to be. Instead, I found an unfocused leftist ramble with few blatant logical errors and mostly a lack of overall direction or goals.
That is, the individual points Mr. Taylor makes are (mostly) correct, but he goes nowhere with them, and I really don't see what about this post could annoy you so much you'd post a flame of it here.
-Kasreyn
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"As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
--
I have a LiveJournal now. - feel free to post or say hi.
AIM: LordKasreyn
YIM: apiphobicoddball