[extropy-chat] Why I am No Longer a Libertarian Either...

[Robert Lindauer]

Al Brooks wrote:

>  I don't know the wealthy but I'm becoming convinced the situation at 
> the bottom is too complicated & intractable.


If there were an undefeatable ogre who took as his tax three virgins per 
year would the fact that he was undefeatable make you not try to save 
the virgins?  If there were 100 strong men in the country shouldn't they 
grab their pitchforks?  What about when they come for your daughter?

> The more you peer directly into it the more it appears as a result of 
> near-chaotic thinking at the bottom, and a self-perpetuating morass in 
> general

Perhaps you're missing the forest for the trees.  If you look at the big 
picture it becomes relatively clear why the poor are poor and rich, rich 
- ruthless cunning and sheeplike stupidity aligning with a little good 
and bad luck.

> . No exaggeration.
> How many generations would it take to change it? 3, 4, 5?


"The poor will always be with us."

Robbie