Is everyone on here a communist? Christ. The article is simple. The government uses it's hidden tax of inflation to steal the wealth of everyone and the media continues to (apparently successfully) fool people into thinking hard working wage slaves that make slightly over 100,000 are "rich". They are not. To make the equivalent of a 100k salary from 1980, you have to make 288k today. The government continues to print more money and this trend will continue until creating value instead of consuming it becomes what most americans strive to do. We have not reached utopia where everything is automated and work is an outdated concept. Yet, the "ism" of jealousy and envy, and perhaps more than a dash of laziness, prevents people from seeing the truth. Hating and taxing everyone that makes a living wage will not lead to prosperity. Yes I am talking about socialism. Although, most of the people on this site seem to lean more toward wanting full blown communism. Let the down votes commence.
Yes! It's about creation vs. consumption. We appear to be the only thing in the universe that has a choice about which of those two activities we want to be primarily engaged in moment to moment. It's a heady responsibility.
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Is everyone on here a communist? Christ. The article is simple. The government uses it's hidden tax of inflation to steal the wealth of everyone and the media continues to (apparently successfully) fool people into thinking hard working wage slaves that make slightly over 100,000 are "rich". They are not. To make the equivalent of a 100k salary from 1980, you have to make 288k today. The government continues to print more money and this trend will continue until creating value instead of consuming it becomes what most americans strive to do. We have not reached utopia where everything is automated and work is an outdated concept. Yet, the "ism" of jealousy and envy, and perhaps more than a dash of laziness, prevents people from seeing the truth. Hating and taxing everyone that makes a living wage will not lead to prosperity. Yes I am talking about socialism. Although, most of the people on this site seem to lean more toward wanting full blown communism. Let the down votes commence.
Yes! It's about creation vs. consumption. We appear to be the only thing in the universe that has a choice about which of those two activities we want to be primarily engaged in moment to moment. It's a heady responsibility.