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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:11 AM Original message |
Is it even possible to become wealthy without exploiting someone else? |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, all of life is exploitation isn't it? |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Can you become rich ethically. I think so. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. What would Che say? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Why would Che matter? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. No. |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. I suppose it depends on what you mean by exploit? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. What do you mean by wealthy? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. I read an article years ago about a man |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. Behind every great fortune without apparent cause is a crime |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. It depends what you mean by exploitation |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. The cost of the hot dogs and the beers is the real exploitation... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. You are mistaking "others doing work" ("album production") for "exploitation." Check Webster's. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yeah, I was thinking something along those lines too........... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. Possible? Yes, I think it is probably so.. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. Theoretically, if you're patient and clever at business. |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yes. n/t |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. The question is how rich do you need to be to feel safe? |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, you can make a product or give a service that has value. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Exploitation does not necessarily have a negative connotation |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Only if you do all of the work. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. So if you start your own company, treat your workers extremely well, |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. Of course it is |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. Aggregate wealth has been increasing for centuries. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Define "exploit." |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. All wealth comes from nature. To have more than another, one must.... |
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