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closetjpopfan
11/17/19 11:58:20 AM
#101:


averagejoel posted...
closetjpopfan posted...
JebronLames posted...
I agree with the, giving your smartphone to a starving kid in india comment. I know some people on here thought it was a bad argument but it isn't

Right, it's a good point, logically speaking, but by that point the argument has already taken all the wrong turns it can. Kind of like the problem that gave rise to it.

it is not a good point, because "we make less" is not why people are against the existence of billionaires

Right, but "you make more" is a valid point. And it is kind of, sort of, part of the reason.
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StealthRock
11/17/19 12:00:38 PM
#102:


averagejoel posted...
closetjpopfan posted...
JebronLames posted...
I agree with the, giving your smartphone to a starving kid in india comment. I know some people on here thought it was a bad argument but it isn't

Right, it's a good point, logically speaking, but by that point the argument has already taken all the wrong turns it can. Kind of like the problem that gave rise to it.

it is not a good point, because "we make less" is not why people are against the existence of billionaires

Would you be against them if you were a bullionaire?
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malenz
11/17/19 12:12:45 PM
#103:


I feel like with innovative technology, it is okay because youre gonna need more resources than a standard business entity to take risks.
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averagejoel
11/17/19 1:23:22 PM
#104:


closetjpopfan posted...
Right, but "you make more" is a valid point. And it is kind of, sort of, part of the reason.

in other words, in order to argue against an idea, he had to reduce it to a single element that was "kind of, sort of, part of the reason". this suggests, among other things, that his point was not very strong to begin with

StealthRock posted...
Would you be against them if you were a bullionaire?

I don't know, and I don't care
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darkphoenix181
11/17/19 1:27:12 PM
#105:


MudKip_Master posted...
Huh what was the question? I was busy ordering some Harry Potter books with Amazon Prime on my iPhone which is currently connected to WiFi from Comcast.


Harry Potter should be free.
Prime shoukd be free.
Iphone should be free.
Wifi should be free.
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AlephZero
11/17/19 1:33:24 PM
#106:


children's books are a human right
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The Admiral
11/17/19 1:36:13 PM
#107:


Didn't one of CE's other socialists make this topic last week?
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darkphoenix181
11/17/19 1:37:14 PM
#108:


AlephZero posted...
children's books are a human right


Technicall yes.

And libraries make Harry Potter free.
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Wewillrocku
11/17/19 1:48:14 PM
#109:


yes?
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PesticideDream
11/17/19 2:03:44 PM
#110:


darkphoenix181 posted...
MudKip_Master posted...
Huh what was the question? I was busy ordering some Harry Potter books with Amazon Prime on my iPhone which is currently connected to WiFi from Comcast.


Harry Potter should be free.
Prime shoukd be free.
Iphone should be free.
Wifi should be free.


And all the people who work in factories, warehouses, delivery vehicles, etc. working 12 to 14 hours a day to create and deliver these services and products to you should all be paid in shiny gold stickers.
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StealthRock
11/17/19 4:19:25 PM
#111:


averagejoel posted...
closetjpopfan posted...
Right, but "you make more" is a valid point. And it is kind of, sort of, part of the reason.

in other words, in order to argue against an idea, he had to reduce it to a single element that was "kind of, sort of, part of the reason". this suggests, among other things, that his point was not very strong to begin with

StealthRock posted...
Would you be against them if you were a bullionaire?

I don't know, and I don't care

Way to have a discussion then

Explains all i need to know
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LightningAce11
11/17/19 4:22:32 PM
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Funny that less than 0.00001% of the population decided to work so hard to become billionaires. Everyone else must be lazy.
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thanosibe
11/17/19 6:40:28 PM
#113:


LightningAce11 posted...
Funny that less than 0.00001% of the population decided to work so hard to become billionaires. Everyone else must be lazy.
Lol. Yup Im on CE. If some of you actually formed an argument maybe you wouldn't be ridiculed.

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averagejoel
11/18/19 1:53:52 AM
#114:


StealthRock posted...
averagejoel posted...
closetjpopfan posted...
Right, but "you make more" is a valid point. And it is kind of, sort of, part of the reason.

in other words, in order to argue against an idea, he had to reduce it to a single element that was "kind of, sort of, part of the reason". this suggests, among other things, that his point was not very strong to begin with

StealthRock posted...
Would you be against them if you were a bullionaire?

I don't know, and I don't care

Way to have a discussion then

Explains all i need to know

I'm not interested in a discussion based on a stupid contrived hypothetical scenario that was likely not posed in good faith in the first place
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