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Originally Posted by somerfrost
This is of course why I never have and never will post my score on the net...people can't help themselves but to attempt to belittle someone with whom they disagree! IQ scores are a very very subjective measure of intelligence and I only responded to another poster...you raised some valid questions, too bad you felt the need to keep harping on some man-made measure of what we call intellect. Since it seems somehow important to you, please note that I didn't designate a specific number but merely indicated a score over the number previously mentioned....
Now, regarding your first point....there is no discrepancy in me stating that wealth is not the true measure of a life while stating that everyone should experience a measure of economic equality...it isn't silly to desire a world free of unnecessary suffering and poverty, and having a world where all folks share the resources in no way values or devalues them on that basis...that is beyond silly, it's a stupid and deliberate misrepresentation.
Point #2...I totally reject the defeatest attitute that because things are a certain way they will always be that way! The old "word of Christ" BS that the poor will always be with us is taken out of context (as DTS and others have pointed out). If I am correct in my belief that all men (and women) are connected, that they are all brothers (and sisters), then your view is merely perception...and perceptions do change over time!
Point #3...discriminating against the rich? Lets see...we can have a world where everyone shares and lives and works together for the good of all or we can have a world where a lucky few have everything while the vast majority suffer...now again, who is discriminating against who???
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You posted your IQ score, you opened the door , not me.
I dont see where taking from the rich will relieve the suffering of the oppressed. The reasons behind the "bad things in the world" are not all related to money. You seem to suffer from reverse discrimination or perhaps just pure and simple jealousy. You want to create by tearing down instead of building up. My "defeatest attitude" stems from the realization that all men are NOT equal despite your determiniation that we are all 'connected'. I am sure that my skills and intellegence levels in certain matters are far greater than yours as yours in certain matters are greater than mine. That does not make us equals despite any connection that we may have. Just as the strong survive in the wild, natural selection dictates that some will overcome while some will fail. The strong should not have to pay a penalty for being strong.
Think of the world if we gave all people equal opportunity at the moment of our birth. Do you not think that some would lead while others would follow? Would not some become great successes while others become common criminals? You seem to equate wealth with a poor sense of morality. As though the rich are somehow taking advantage of the poor by being rich?
Perfect world models are silly unless you are stoned or tripping on acid. If we all lived in perfect harmony and cured all diseases the world would run out of food and fresh water in 6 months. Ambition is not a crime, nor is being wealthy and spending your money in the manner that you please. The rich cant inject ambition into the poor. Many rich people started out life as poor as dirt and worked and worked and got a lucky break or two and found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If not for that dream, whats to motivate the poor? Why work hard to achieve when Sommerfrost is going to steal from the rich so that we have "equality"?