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Zalatix

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15. Robert Reich explains how Occam's Razor fails to cut this.

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 11:03 AM

Dec 2011

Read that article and see how he explains this.
All explanations of negligence hits a self-contradicting snag, and he shows them up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/republicans-social-darwinism_b_1124379.html

Listen to today's Republican debates and you hear a continuous regurgitation of Sumner. "Civilization has a simple choice," Sumner wrote in the 1880s. It's either "liberty, inequality, survival of the fittest," or "not-liberty, equality, survival of the unfittest. The former carries society forward and favors all its best members; the latter carries society downwards and favors all its worst members."

Sound familiar?

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How Can the World's Richest Country Let Children Go Hungry? 6 Tricks Corporate Elites Use [View all] xchrom Dec 2011 OP

I love you, xchrom. Great post. Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2011 #1

Aw thanks. Back atchya. Nt xchrom Dec 2011 #4

k&r Starry Messenger Dec 2011 #2

Yep, "The richest country on earth" doesn't include the 99%, especially not when approx. RKP5637 Dec 2011 #3

Because the Plutocrats want to kill off the poor. Zalatix Dec 2011 #5

Your post is asinine. greytdemocrat Dec 2011 #6

Your "reasoning" is short-sighted. Zalatix Dec 2011 #8

I think capitalists call this "wringing the excess out of the system." Or, if you will, CTyankee Dec 2011 #10

Exactly. It isn't like this is the first time this has happened. Zalatix Dec 2011 #11

I just read somewhere that income inequality was less than ours in the Roman Empire! CTyankee Dec 2011 #16

You read Robert Reich's conspiracy theory, didn't ya? Zalatix Dec 2011 #18

I can't recall seeing it, altho I read Reich as regularly as possible. CTyankee Dec 2011 #34

I need help in knowing how to respond to your PM! I wanted to thank you! CTyankee Dec 2011 #36

Reply link should be on the bottom right of all PM boxes! hope it helps :) Zalatix Dec 2011 #37

Great...why didn't I go further into this??? CTyankee Dec 2011 #39

The problem is that this frequently backfires on the ultra-wealthy. arbusto_baboso Dec 2011 #31

lol - ridiculous conspiracy theories are unnecessary TBF Dec 2011 #9

See post #10 and #11 Zalatix Dec 2011 #12

I do think people will die but I don't think they plan that - TBF Dec 2011 #13

Robert Reich explains how Occam's Razor fails to cut this. Zalatix Dec 2011 #15

I do like Reich and will read this - TBF Dec 2011 #19

Thanks for this link! What you've said makes a lot of sense to me. It's planned RKP5637 Dec 2011 #28

As one other poster put it elsewhere, it's too terrible to contemplate. Zalatix Dec 2011 #35

Thank you - that's what I was going to say. closeupready Dec 2011 #21

Please read what Robert Reich has to say. Zalatix Dec 2011 #25

That's how I see it. TBF Dec 2011 #26

Ask yourself this Zalatix Dec 2011 #27

ah, yes, malice Remember Me Dec 2011 #33

Christian leadership, it shines, their Sanctity and Holy nature, it shines! Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #14

This is what I keep trying to emphasize. dawg Dec 2011 #17

+1 xchrom Dec 2011 #20

This post is really a terrific summation of where we are in America today. closeupready Dec 2011 #22

Thank you. dawg Dec 2011 #24

Agree - and this is where smart taxation comes in - TBF Dec 2011 #23

+1000 +++ n/t RKP5637 Dec 2011 #30

Thank you. woo me with science Dec 2011 #32

Which is why I often post sarcasmo Dec 2011 #38

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Agony Dec 2011 #41

Thanks For Posting, k and r..nt Stuart G Dec 2011 #29

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2011 #40

Kick + Rec Agony Dec 2011 #42