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ar81 · 11-03-2009, 02:03 PM

Society works if there is a mutually benefical social contract.
So it is not a matter of submitting and obey.
It is a matter of working together and get equal compensation for equal amount work.
The benefit of working together and the values of common welfare should prevail, if it is going to work.

Our society has been creating rules to disrupt that contract.
Conformity can't exist when some groups do not produce anything and get tons of benefit (banks for example) or when some people work hard and get low wages while others work not so hard and get millions in return.

This inequality is curious.
While people seek equality in aspects like gay matters, in economic terms there is no equality.
Why should a worker get more money than other for the same amount of hours of work? Supply and demand? Then there is a problem there. There is a high demand of food from starved people, and they do not have money (economy is not the allocation of resources, because resources are not where they should be). There are people willing to work and they get no jobs. If it is about supply and demand, Americans will run out of work because they are too expensive, or they might have to pass through a tough inflation, until Chinese and Americans have the same salary. Nowadays the relationship is 15 to 1.

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ar81 Family Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,756	Society works if there is a mutually benefical social contract. So it is not a matter of submitting and obey. It is a matter of working together and get equal compensation for equal amount work. The benefit of working together and the values of common welfare should prevail, if it is going to work. Our society has been creating rules to disrupt that contract. Conformity can't exist when some groups do not produce anything and get tons of benefit (banks for example) or when some people work hard and get low wages while others work not so hard and get millions in return. This inequality is curious. While people seek equality in aspects like gay matters, in economic terms there is no equality. Why should a worker get more money than other for the same amount of hours of work? Supply and demand? Then there is a problem there. There is a high demand of food from starved people, and they do not have money (economy is not the allocation of resources, because resources are not where they should be). There are people willing to work and they get no jobs. If it is about supply and demand, Americans will run out of work because they are too expensive, or they might have to pass through a tough inflation, until Chinese and Americans have the same salary. Nowadays the relationship is 15 to 1. Last edited by ar81; 11-03-2009 at 02:10 PM.