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RE: So, you hate money...
I do think some of them view it as you should give me your money, others... But earning money is hard and not fun.
I think.. There will always be feast and famine. Humans have big egos.
Money isn't the problem, thinking that it is fair for others to support you is also not fair.
We should help each other (maybe) but forcing someone to help you, is called theft, no matter how it is done.
I think most people arent conscious enough to reflect on stuff like that at all. I'm trying to remember how I used to think as a young person. I just think I bought into the narrative that rich people usually didnt deserve their money. I didnt understand what it took. I didnt understand what "earned" meant. I thought I was being oppressed (imagine that. A upper middle class kid from Norway thinks he's being oppressed..no wonder poor blacks think they are being oppressed) at the same time no one every demanded anything of me. Or they they, but it was always under threats. Like..do this OR.. not, do this BECAUSE. And I did not understand that to become rich you had to create. And to create you had to work hard. Working hard means learning a lot of different things that has value in itself - meaning, not everyone can do it. The more stuff you can do, that no one else can do (or few people can do) the more value you create. You learn valuable skills. So when communists talk about taking the means of production..well..good luck, because that means of production, that company is being run by a person who knows the business and knows that exact workplace. And for some unskilled person who just took the workplace in a takeover would never be able to run it profitably. How on earth could the possibly learn all those skills that took the owner years and years to learn? So they will run it to the ground, which is what always happens under socialism and communism.
And when you grow up without any compass or values or system, the world is just one big confusing mess. It's chaos. Money, work, exercise, structure..all these things are very good for controlling the world - making it a bit less scary and chaotic.
I think most young "socialists" and "communist" are just very mindless unconscious people who are not in contact with their humanity at all. Thats what scares me. They are just pawns in a propaganda machinery. They just repeat sentences and slogans. And worst of all, they have no underlying basic moral principles. Thats what scares me the most.
Like..for me it's voluntaryism and non aggression principle. So, I know that I would never force anyone to do anything. I could be very persistent and persuasive. Sure. But not use physical force or threats of violence to force my will upon someone.
If people just looked into what are the most fundamental moral principles, we could have had peace.
I think I was very lucky to have some influences in my early 20s that helped me to see that I was thinking about things in slogans. (Well said by the way)
I also get concerned at how little younger people seem to consider concepts like right and wrong. From the outside looking in, it looks like "pleasure seeking" rather than seeking fulfillment and happiness. A whole generation has been taught to look outside of themselves to solve problems. I want others to meet my need to feel important, to feel provided for, to feel security, ...
In order to be okay, others can't say mean words... I could write a book. I don't mean it in a judgmental way, I get that they just have been fed bad information and they haven't figured it out yet.