[extropy-chat] Bloodless Redistribution of Wealth (wasSingulartarians)

[Samantha Atkins]

On Dec 28, 2005, at 2:22 PM, Anne-Marie Taylor wrote:

> Any idea to help other people can only be beneficial.  I agree that  
> the idea
> is a little "tacky", but I think it would work.  Ego is what makes  
> a person
> crave money, therefore, it would seem very likely that your idea  
> might work.
> Just an opinion
> Anna
>


History is full of ideas to help other people that ended up hurting  
millions of people much more than anything the "greedy rich  
capitalists" did or are likely to do.   The assumption that it is  
about ego primarily or even about craving money is why most people  
will never ever be rich.

- samantha