2012-07-25, 01:20 PM
Stereo Wrote:Ok, I'll break it down further.
The rich depend on the poor's existence - without the slaves, the pyramids wouldn't exist. One rich person, expending personal effort, cannot build a pyramid. So to claim that the rich person is, all on their own, the only one who built the pyramid - it's delusional. They may be the reason it exists, but their personal effort isn't sufficient to create it. They need quarriers, labourers, farmers, etc. - a whole ecosystem funneling into the production of pyramids.
In the same way, that money is only yours in the sense you've got your name on it. Much like the pyramid, it only exists because of countless slaves. Now, in a fair, or possibly ideal world, the rich person would acknowledge this, and compensate the workers fairly. But, now that they've got their pyramid of money - they decide to defect on their social contracts, and withdraw from supporting the workers, much like you have. You know how easy it is. The government exists to prevent this defection - to ensure that workers continue to be compensated fairly their entire lives, and that the next generation has an adequate supply of healthy workers.
wtp does slavery have to do with this? People being forced to do something against their will is not equal to being poor.