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Originally Posted by mtrimpe 
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.
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With all due respect, you made the slavery analogy, not me. Your comments certainly carry a negative connotation with regards to rich people and charity.
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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?  |
Point taken.
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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.
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Why must anyone need to be enabled? We all have the ability within ourselves to absolutely do whatever we want to do in life, we only need to be pointed in the right direction and to come to that self-realization. I believe in empowerment, guidance, advising - not having others make decisions for me. There is a profund difference.