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Originally Posted by PMcDonald  Technically yes. However, true wealth is gained when the value of the product or service provided exceeeds the price paid for it. |
Increase of wealth is gained by creating greater value with equal resources or equal value with lesser resources. No profit, price or money needs to enter into this equation and according to Ockhams razor, neither should they.
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Originally Posted by PMcDonald I suppose then, the wealthy should not give to charity? They should just hoard all their money for themselves? |
That would be saying that I want slavery pushed to it's extreme, when in fact I am in favor of the abolition of slavery altogether.
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Originally Posted by PMcDonald Sounds to me like you have a relationship issue with money that you need to work on and you have a predisposition that all rich people are evil or greedy. |
Firstly, do you believe slave-drivers were evil? If so, watch the movie Marie-Antoinette and ask yourself if you think Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI were evil.
Secondly, why do you immediately attribute my statement to defects of character? Is it not possible for a balanced man to come to such a conclusion?
Thirdly, do you see any similarity in these two trains of thought?
- Slaves don't know what is best for them, therefore we masters must use our superior intellect to make decisions for them.
- Employees don't know what is best for them, therefore we employers must use our superior intellect to make decisions for them.
Finally, I believe I have a very intense and loving relationship with money. I have studied it and gotten very close to understanding it's true nature. I do not use it lightly and I realize it's power. I also believe that it is a power, an idea, that desperately wants to be tamed and ultimately wants to die a graceful death. I am merely trying to grant it it's wish.
If you want to truly understand what I'm referring to here, read '
What is Property?' bij Joseph Proudhon.