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To: Sam the Sham; All

Yep... Besides people who are the bottom for the most of thier lives have themselves to blame. If they don't want do what it takes to move up that is their fault.


13 posted on 12/07/2005 6:02:50 PM PST by KevinDavis (http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
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To: KevinDavis

Only a libertarian could be such a smug fool.

In a system that pits average people in a rich country against average people in a poor country, capital seeking the lowest cost of labor will relocate among the average people in the poor country. This creates a conflict that average Americans can never hope to win. I realize that you think average Americans have only themselves to blame because they should have been born geniuses with the right to live in your world but alas they didn't put in the hard work to select better genes.

A good system does not require a genius. A good system doesn't require a hero. Just normal people putting in normal effort. An army that needs a Napoleon at the top to win is a bad army. A football team that needs a Joe Montana as quarterback to have a .500 season is a bad team. A car that cannot be easily maintained by manual laborers of average intelligence is a bad car. A free trade system in which an average person of average intelligence cannot avoid net downwards social mobility is a bad system.


15 posted on 12/07/2005 6:14:26 PM PST by Sam the Sham (A conservative party tough on illegal immigration could carry California in 2008)
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