[ExI] Socialism and Environmentalism are inevitable

[spike]

>...bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Tara Maya


>...However, after being in the humanitarian field for a while, and becoming
depressed by the constant failure of well-meaning people -- and the
surprising success of indifferent or even hostile people -- to raising the
poor from poverty to wealth, I reached the (reluctant at first) con
conclusion that I was absolutely wrong. Capitalism, not socialism, is the
secret to helping the poor, and also probably the secret to advancing as a
species to a truly peaceful world society...

EXCELLENT me lass.  Well said.  How much evidence do we need?  We have seen
experiment after experiment all over the globe in places such as Korea,
Germany, Hong Cong, where capitalism and communism existed side by side.
The results were always the same, in every case.  They started out with the
same kind of people, with similar climates and resources.  The capitalist
side did better: the people were wealthier and healthier, the environment
was cleaner, they ended up better connected to the rest of the world.  More
economic freedom results in better states.  Capitalism is the way.  Embrace
it warts and all.



>...YOU DON'T KNOW BETTER THAN THE POOR HOW TO HELP THEM...

Ja.  We seem to want to not only help them, but impose our values on the
poor.  They don't want our values.

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>...Money is also a form of QUMA.  QUANTIZED UNITS OF MUTUAL ALTRUISM...

Ja!  The more money I have the more altruistic I feel.  

>... Money is a FANTASTIC evolutionary invention...

So true, so well spoken.

>... Money is amazing...

The more of it I have, the more amazing it becomes.

>...But we don't appreciate it...

I feel it is my duty to spread awareness of how wonderful is this thing we
call "money."  It brings salvation to the masses, it's really good stuff.
We should come up with a better name for it, to help people accept this
substance which saves our souls.  How about... Wealth.  I agree Tara.  


>... for the same reason we fear snakes but not guns, even though guns kill
more humans than snakes...

Snakes don't kill people: their fangs do.   Or in some cases their muscles
which crush the life out of beasts.  In both cases, the snake is blameless.

>...The main reason so many humans hate and misunderstand capitalism, and
rail so much against it, is that our brains have not yet evolved to
understand how beneficial it truly is to our species... Tara Maya

Those same humans would love capitalism if they had more money.  Lack of
money is the root of all evil.

spike