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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:57 AM Original message |
check out the "Venus Project" It's a future thinking idea about an economic system that is best for |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oooh! They have pretty pictures of their utopia. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. They keep giving me their pamphlets. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Looks like they have the farm workers employed, eh? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Seems like some Utopian version of Communisim |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. They have a nice DONATE button on their website, too. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. Does the Venus project has single payer healthcare? Ha! I agree with |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Humans have been miserable for millenia... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. It can not work - no designed social or economic system can work |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I just think it cannot work because humans are too stupid and miserable to make anything work |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Hmm...humans, eh. Of what species are you? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Im but another miserable member of the humans |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Funny, given that the present global economic system is the product of design. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Possibly the silliest and least supportable argument of the day. nt |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well, you really answered that one. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. They can't even design a Safari-compatible website. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I do want to import some of the their building models into my SimCity 4000 database |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Don't worry, dude. You'll be part of the "production" side |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yeah, I think I'll just move to Mexico instead |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Hey, their circular yacht mansion they designed is pretty sweet |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. No, sorry. You've been designated as a |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Ah man. Damnit. Why do I always lose the lottery of life? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. But you can aspire to live in the mansions, you see. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. Gee, this looks familiar... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. City Gates are a bit much? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You misunderstand. This is a "Production-based" |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I dunno, I look at that beautiful, lawful, peacful, organized, planned city |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Actually, all the concept art is stolen from the 1973 movie Sleeper |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
26. I like the idea of having a resource-based economy. |
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