Ken Mac
Platinum Member
You're absolutely correct. Happiness comes from seeking those things that fulfill you. Not money.No, you quite plainly said that Biden would take more money from everyone, and thus more possessions, and that they don't need it.This is one of the most dangerous attitudes on the planet today.The fear that you might take home less in a paycheck because of increased taxes would have less of a mental impact on people if people just realized that you can still fully enjoy life without many unnecessary material possessions and wants that end up being the main driver of the need of personal wealth.
"From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs"
That's not my point. I'm not opposed to you having more. What I am saying is that "more" is not necessary for happiness.
You are okay with government deciding what you need and taking what they decide you don't.
I'm sorry but no, i'm not saying that government should decide what you need. I am saying that despite less take home income due to increased taxes you can still find happiness in your lives that has more meaning than a material possession or bigger bank account.
But the problem with your ideology is that you fail to take into account human nature. Humans are inherently lazy. They don't do anything unless it helps themselves.
So people that go out and bust their ass and make a good living have more and more taken from them, while liberal policies that take from them give things freely to people sitting on their ass. They are sitting on their ass for many reasons. The root is laziness. Why work when they give me enough to live. This creates a rift. A divide. So when you take enough from those that are busting their ass and now they only have the same level of comfort as someone who is sitting on their ass, those productive people will throw in the towel. This cycle is what causes socialism and communism to fail.
Humans need to have a system that inherently motivates them to do ANYTHING. That is capitalism. It is the ultimate reward system. It has many, many flaws that would fill an encyclopedia. But it's the only system that has lifted others out of poverty in such great numbers that it has been proven to work better than all the other flawed systems.
You're an ideologue. There are no unicorns. You need to start reading up on human nature and the history of failed socialist policies.