From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/1/2026 9:03 AM, Wilson wrote:   
   > On 1/31/2026 4:44 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >> On 1/31/2026 10:30 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>> because billionaires don't have morals, and are slave to chasing what   
   >>> they perceive as profit regardless of the effect of others   
   >>>   
   >>> there's a reason rich people can't make it into heaven   
   >>>   
   >>> cause we can't even build heaven when rich people exist   
   >>>   
   >> Because it's obvious that you are biased by even using the term "rich".   
   >> There's a good reason people don't want to be equally poor.   
   >   
   > By global standards everyone here is rich.   
   >   
   > If there were somehow a sudden great leveling of worldwide wealth today   
   > it would almost certainly result in the end of our civilization. Any   
   > actual progress towards the improvement of living standards has always   
   > come from innovation, which requires a degree of concentration of   
   > wealth. Long-term overall improvement has never resulted from forced   
   > redistribution.   
   >   
   > That doesn't mean we shouldn't help other people who need it. It does   
   > however seem pretty obvious to me that assistance should never be from   
   > any sort of centralized coercion.   
   >   
   > Forced redistribution is regressive and not progressive.   
   >   
   So, it looks like we have a few regresive on the list. We read about   
   this in History class at college.   
      
   Apparently, they want to get back to feudalism, where the King owns all   
   the gold and land - where some lucky guy gets to sharecrop for a living.   
      
   Back then, you were not even allowed to pick your own last name without   
   the King's approval.   
      
   Note:   
      
   Once upon a time there was a guy called Will, who had a son they called   
   Will's son, or Wilson. Another guy was also called Will, so he wanted to   
   be called Will I Am. So, he became a Williams.   
      
   They all decided to migrate from the land that was owned by the King of   
   Saxony, so they went over to England, to the land that was owned by a   
   King they called Harold, who was Godwinson with Williams and conquered   
   the land called Anglia and kicked out the Picts.   
      
   One Wilson became the Prime Minister of Britain and the other Archbishop   
   of Canterbury.   
      
   Good work! I love England!   
      
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