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Jim Phillips
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In collectivism, you have no freedom. You must comply with the will of the collective. Otherwise you are excised from the collective.
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The choice between exploiting the poor and being exploited is no freedom either friend. Don't be naive.
Jim Phillips
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The naive are the ones who believe exploitation is anything other than a fact of life. Both socialism and capitalism exploit those who produce.
John_Doe
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Bullshit. You choose if you want to work and for who in a capitalist society. You can even open your own business. In communist society you get told what to do. Just ask North Korea.
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Well, if you really insist on defining running a business as "exploiting the poor" and working as "being exploited". The only moral option is to do neither. Id wager you'll have a
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hard time defining any other alternative as anything but exploitation in some fashion. The only "non-exploitive" thing is simply giving.
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No, but nice strawman.