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It's betterfor the survival of the species if we group together and penalise the strong to help the weak.

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This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever heard. You just claimed that success should be punished, and stupidity rewarded.


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So people are poor because they are stupid, not stupid because they are poor?

has anyone else noticed that anarcho-capitalist-libertarians are usually white males from middle-upper class families?

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I think the stereotype is more likely to consist of people who have had to work hard to get where they were.

Ususally the children of upper-class families turn into bleeding heart liberals due to their guilt of unearned money.

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Let's not be quick to assign stereotypes. I admit, yes, I came from a white upper-middle class family. Yes, I was pretty well-off. Yes, I had my college paid for by my family, and yes, I do have a sense of guilt about unearned money.

I am 22. I recently moved into an apartment in New Brunswick, NJ. Currently I work 40 hours a week as a secretary at a law office. I am paying for my own paralegal schooling, so that I'll have a job with some upward mobility. I also have a painting business which I do on some weekends, a Realtor's license which I got myself, and for what it's worth I make a decent bit of money playing poker. I pay for all my own expenses. I have saved enough to live off of for a year, and afford the downpayment on a house which I'll be purchasing within a year.

I am proud of what I've done. No one owes me anything. If everyone worked with the same level of diligence and competance that I do, we'd have a phenomenal economy. That's the argument, and I'm doing my part.

I went to a very, very liberal school with lots of kids who preached socialism while their parents gave them money. I've parted from that kind of thinking. It's irresponsible and naive. If you want to do something, you do it, and no one is going to tell me that my beliefs are invalid because I wasn't poor. [censored] them.