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  1. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    The context was taxes though. Refusing it to give it away is opposing the redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor through taxation. No, not necessarily. But more importantly, when it comes down to this issue, I am much more worried about social issues than I am about fairness. It is...
  2. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    But I am talking about taxes. That's how we got here. They are not entitled to the fruits of their labor per se, not anymore than you are for building the house yourself. Life is forcing us to do those things, else we die.
  3. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    Yes. That's exactly why I don't think of taxation as slavery. If you are going down this road, then I am going to say that life is a string of things you are forced to do (eating, sleeping, brushing teeth...).
  4. Koldo

    Gunshot wounds--leading cause of death for American children

    What makes you think there is any causal relation between this and school shootings?
  5. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    No. That's you selling your labor, not the fruits of your labor in themselves. Else, there would be no reason to hire you. If I hire you, it is because I think you are generating more value to me than what I am paying for, else I wouldn't hire you. And it is this full value that is the fruit of...
  6. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    Incorrect. It is not presuming that. There is a multitude of factors involved. If charity was sufficient, there wouldn't be poor people by now. Guess who actually opposes high employment rates? Capitalists (as in capital owners). Ah, so you are one of those that thought it was great idea...
  7. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    Because you say that being denied the fruits of your labor entails slavery, right? Wages are not fruit of your labor. The fruit of your labor is the full value that you create through your labor. But nobody is forcing nor demanding you to worker harder to receive the same pay post tax as you...
  8. Koldo

    Gunshot wounds--leading cause of death for American children

    There are many nations FAR more violent than the USA and school shootings are extremely rare in them.
  9. Koldo

    Gunshot wounds--leading cause of death for American children

    The issue is that school shootings, while a rare occurance in the US, are EXTREMELY rare absolutely everywhere else in the world. They are problem very specific to the USA.
  10. Koldo

    Gunshot wounds--leading cause of death for American children

    Do you know of any successful school system that could be largely applied and that has worked to significantly reduce school shootings?
  11. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    It essentially comes down to reducing significantly the profit of taking money overseas to evade taxation through international agreements and import taxes, building state industries to provide for key sectors, fostering a mindset that is not centered on greed, and closing internal legal loopholes.
  12. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    Then capitalism is slavery. Do you have an actual example of anyone saying there is a right to demand others work harder in order to support their chosen lifestyle?
  13. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    You said it is not greed to keep stuff if I earned it. Thus why we are talking about this... The counter-argument is: You said that if I earned something that I have a right to it, but I don't grant that for I have no reason. Which can ammount to very little if taxation is increasingly bigger.
  14. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    Sure. Premise 1: Poverty, hunger, lack of shelter and access to basic necessities happen mostly due to the poorest having a lack of resources/money. Premise 2: The rich people have many more resources/money than necessary to provide for their basic necessities and comfort. Premise 3: If the...
  15. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    What does something being a part (or not) of capitalism has to do with the concept of earning some stuff? I don't think so. I am saying that you are using an arbitrary justification to evoke the existence of a right. I am not talking about giving my money away to help people. I am talking...
  16. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    Then why is it that being a capitalist country is not indicative of it's economical development but having a history of being either a capitalist/imperialist nation or being massively supported by one is?
  17. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    How did you reach this conclusion? This is quite literally what a communist would say, by the way. I agree. Nobody is doing that though. Fair enough. But refraining from having children and being willing to work doesn't automatically entail having access to food, housing, clothes, medication...
  18. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    You probably meant imperialists and colonialists, rather than capitalists.
  19. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    Why not? And why would it apply if I didn't steal it? Anything explains why anyone has any right. I am not talking about compassion though.
  20. Koldo

    Let's Debate Inequality

    Did I? How do you know? And even if I earned it, that still doesn't explain why I would keep it to myself. Depends on why the money is taken. Is it to feed the hunger and provide a shelter to the homeless? Or is it to eat at a very expensive restaurant?
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