re: Anyone have an actual good alternative to the economic system we have created?

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You really think everyone who works hard and is intelligent gets rewarded? What kind of nurtured life did you grow up in?

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That is the beauty of our economic system, everyone is free to find a better job, change careers, is their current situation is not working out.
Also, if someone is working very hard and are not being compensated fairly for their work, but they continue doing it, just how intelligent are they?

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A bunch of people who employ others and decide what that’s jobs worth is? The market could easily be interchangeable with the elites....could it not

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This is a fundamental flaw in many anti-capitalistic arguments, IMO. It implies 'the system' is externally placed over the populace by 'the elites'. In actuality, no one just decides what the system will be-- it is organic. It flows and develops over time. That is the beauty.

And 'the market' is most certainly not comprised primarily of elites making decisions. Certainly, they are part. But I am, and you are, and the dude that cuts the grass is. What people choose to consume creates the market. Everyone plays a role. Plastic slip on flip flops aren't de-rigueur on Wall St I don't think, but more of those are on shelves in every dang dollar general and Walmart than about anything else. THAT is the market at work.

Another note-- I think we often lose sight of what we are actually doing when we work. You raise an issue of 'giving 40 hrs' to soemone else. If we stripped the world down to ultimate basics, and you had to build your own shelter and grow, trap, hunt, prepare, cook,and store your own food and create your own health concoctions, etc -- how many hours of hard work would that take per week? I'd submit --- pretty much ALL the hours. Ours is the best 'system'in human history, precisely because it grew out of a desire to not actually have a system. Each person could do what they though was in their best interest and market that to other folks so as to improve their own lives. It has worked quite well, I'd say.

No system will ever make all decisions have equal outcomes, nor should they.

Thanks for being intelligent

No I’ve agreed with several things, sorry you felt the need to contribute nothing but be a douche

What if you live paycheck to paycheck and can’t afford to quit. Don’t be stupid and make me think of a legit situation this happens in that doesn’t involve drugs, kids, or stupidity.

Imperialism. If we have the power to take a country/continent, do it. Most of us join the military. Sack and pillage all towns and give the residents the ability to become Americans citizens or a worse alternative. United States of the World.

The flaw in your entire argument is that you assume humans make the economically wisest and most moral decisions

I did read this wrong my bad. But this will lead to an entirely different debate

Your opinion is irrelevant in real life

Just like your life

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Just life your life

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And you have fat fingers too evidently

Fat and poor is no way to go through life son