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Locrian

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58. dont play the game...

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 11:55 AM

Apr 2013

This is like arguing about angels on the head of a pin but I'll play....

You're just re-arranging the $$ and pieces on a game of MONOPOLY.

The only way is to change the game: make a society / civilization where everyone has ENOUGH or at least doesn't have to worry about food, shelter, medical, etc. Abolish "money"? Change how 'wealth' is measured?

I have no idea. But talking about trying to 'divvy up the cash' is a distraction.

(apologize in advance if I completely missed your point - I do that sometimes )

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If the top 80% had to give up all assets/ownership to be equal to bottom20%,would you? [View all] graham4anything Apr 2013 OP

Who's stronger: Tarzan or Flash Gordon? JHB Apr 2013 #1

You see, this is a topic the 1/99%ers never will acknowledge with their rants. graham4anything Apr 2013 #2

Damn Straight! They never want to admit Buck Rogers can kick both their asses... JHB Apr 2013 #3

. Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2013 #32

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2013 #52

Some people read your posts and ask why. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #4

Yep, I'm there. bemildred Apr 2013 #5

"Property is theft" TimberValley Apr 2013 #29

I think Proudhon may have only been talking about land and buildings hfojvt Apr 2013 #56

Yep, that's it, first you let one homeless man have a toothbrush, bemildred Apr 2013 #68

Property is theft. Property is liberty. Property is impossible. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #73

Indeed. bemildred Apr 2013 #117

I stole my own car? Throd Apr 2013 #74

No, I would not be okay with that. LWolf Apr 2013 #6

Of course not FBaggins Apr 2013 #7

I assume you mean national not global CBGLuthier Apr 2013 #8

No. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2013 #9

Silly and No... Sharpie Apr 2013 #10

The short answer is no. badtoworse Apr 2013 #11

No. tom2255 Apr 2013 #12

Hello tom2255. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #18

Welcome to DU, tom2255 pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #19

The figures would be more like "if the top 20% had to give up assets to have wealth = the bottom 80% muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #13

One for all, No more, no less. graham4anything Apr 2013 #17

Such a drastic cut would mean everybody giving up ownership of their homes muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #22

Everyone. graham4anything Apr 2013 #24

I still think you're a Third Way parody. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #25

OK, I read that as saying you knew your OP idea was silly muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #35

Only one poster so far (response #20 i believe) got the correct answer graham4anything Apr 2013 #36

+1 Tien1985 Apr 2013 #61

Everyone pipi_k Apr 2013 #97

Bad strawman is bad. theKed Apr 2013 #118

That completely changes the question IndyPragmatist123 Apr 2013 #96

No thanks. geek_sabre Apr 2013 #14

And I don't even think there are 320 million people in the United States, period. TimberValley Apr 2013 #27

What's stopping you from just giving your shit away? pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #15

what a stupid post. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #16

Interesting concept. I don't see Americana willing to join ranks with the poor. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #20

so far as of 10am eastern, you gave the best answer graham4anything Apr 2013 #39

Sadly ... I accept that award. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #40

Then set the example and do so hobbit709 Apr 2013 #21

No happy medium between Pure "COMM'NISM" and Pure Capitalism, right? HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #23

Sure, because there's nothing wrong with confiscation of property by force. TimberValley Apr 2013 #26

So, do you plan to do this periodically? TimberValley Apr 2013 #28

Nope. Squinch Apr 2013 #30

That's really skewed. Newest Reality Apr 2013 #31

Why are people even replying seriously to this stupid shit? Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2013 #33

I sure ain't. HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #42

Don't look below but now Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2013 #53

Seems to be going on in a lot of places . . . HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #84

The question is: For how long? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2013 #86

Never has one man cranked out so many mindless words. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #44

To paraphrase this or that singer (even though I'm actually quoting them): "Ralph Nader, Ron Paul, Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2013 #45

Mimes Silently Farting Make More Sense HangOnKids Apr 2013 #91

Sadly, it seems to have dug in. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #93

Like a tick. n/t cherokeeprogressive Apr 2013 #111

. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #112

ROFL!!! +1 kdmorris Apr 2013 #100

If everyone gave up their homes mainer Apr 2013 #34

Top 80% (lol) whatchamacallit Apr 2013 #37

No. I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Communist Party. dawg Apr 2013 #38

No el_bryanto Apr 2013 #41

The focus should be on policies that benefit the 1% at the expense of the 99%. nt stevenleser Apr 2013 #43

And how does that the next morning, give the lowest 20% anything at all? graham4anything Apr 2013 #46

What I suggested does not involve tearing down the rich nt stevenleser Apr 2013 #47

This reads like some freeper trying to be clever. nt rrneck Apr 2013 #48

Maybe because it is. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #54

...and failing at that. nt Union Scribe Apr 2013 #59

As does everything this person posts... SomethingFishy Apr 2013 #75

If at first you don't succeed... bluedigger Apr 2013 #83

So I'd have to go through my house and put a value on every piece of junk I own? kudzu22 Apr 2013 #49

Show me where there is anything for the 20% worst off? I don't see it graham4anything Apr 2013 #50

dont play the game... Locrian Apr 2013 #58

You could found Communists Against the Left cthulu2016 Apr 2013 #51

How about the top 1% pay their fair share in taxes? Iggo Apr 2013 #55

Yeah right, Mr. "first they came for the rich" Union Scribe Apr 2013 #57

If I was 30yrs younger One_Life_To_Give Apr 2013 #60

You are creating a false dichotomy of choices throughout this thread. DebJ Apr 2013 #62

OK, but when will the bottom 20 move up the ladder? graham4anything Apr 2013 #66

Neither does a system where everyone has equal everything. DebJ Apr 2013 #105

That's a painfully stupid question Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #63

All librarians across America will tell you there are no stupid questions graham4anything Apr 2013 #113

I believe there are, actually, stupid questions... yawnmaster Apr 2013 #114

Sometimes the truth is telling. Sometimes the answers are silent. graham4anything Apr 2013 #116

doubtful. eom yawnmaster Apr 2013 #121

I am a librarian, and I disagree Angus86 Apr 2013 #119

Your slip is showing. Rex Apr 2013 #64

How about we start with 'The Great Equalizer' RZM Apr 2013 #65

This doesn't make sense Yo_Mama Apr 2013 #67

Why not retitle this thread "Communism?" TimberValley Apr 2013 #69

As John Lennon said, Imagine if...however socialism is not communism,neither purely ever tried graham4anything Apr 2013 #70

Multi-millionaire John Lennon? Throd Apr 2013 #72

Fuck no. name not needed Apr 2013 #71

no bowens43 Apr 2013 #76

I would be OK with the top 2% Jamaal510 Apr 2013 #77

Why are we always in a race to the bottom? upaloopa Apr 2013 #78

No dr.strangelove Apr 2013 #79

April Fool! Jenoch Apr 2013 #80

Yeah... Dr. Strange Apr 2013 #122

No. We are all slightly dumber having pondered your proposal. Throd Apr 2013 #81

You first. nt Dreamer Tatum Apr 2013 #82

... bluedigger Apr 2013 #85

After posting that large picture(known tactic), then what? graham4anything Apr 2013 #87

A simple "wrong" may have done just fine... zaireeka Apr 2013 #88

Is this Vogon poetry or an Apr 1st joke? suffragette Apr 2013 #89

But how would Mike Bloomberg function in life? Would you expempt him so he could keep the Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #90

Actually, 75% of the time, he takes the NYC subway or walks with just a newspaper graham4anything Apr 2013 #94

If Wendall has 7 apples olddots Apr 2013 #92

You talking assets or income? Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2013 #95

Why would anyone be a neurosurgeon when they could be paid as much for a much easier job? TimberValley Apr 2013 #98

Actually, wouldn't a janitor have a harder job than a surgeon? graham4anything Apr 2013 #120

To please the eighteen people who want everyone equal? No. Orsino Apr 2013 #99

APRIL FOOLS JI7 Apr 2013 #101

I'm in the lower 20% JNelson6563 Apr 2013 #102

I can't figure out (too complicated for my wee brain) where I mercymechap Apr 2013 #103

So the problem with poverty in America is there isn't enough of it, according to Graham? TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #104

I'm curious to see how you propose that the confiscation be done. TimberValley Apr 2013 #106

First step would be to amend the Constitution Major Nikon Apr 2013 #107

Why the number "80%"? We could just use the figure "1%." WinkyDink Apr 2013 #108

This is the WORST 'if, then' statement I've ever seen on DU. Rex Apr 2013 #109

Instead of bringing everybody down to the bottom 20% level,...... socialist_n_TN Apr 2013 #110

If one wants to do it, why not just do it? why wait for the rest of the 80%? yawnmaster Apr 2013 #115

I'm a member of the top 80%, and I would do whatever it takes to avoid compliance slackmaster Apr 2013 #123

Who is this supposed to parody? Silent3 Apr 2013 #124