i read with interest your article on slashdot entitled "a minor
political screed".
i found it boisterously naive and uninformed, a typically american
trait. endearing on the one hand, infuriating on the other.
i find it mind-boggling that you dismiss the wealth of europe as being
in-bred, while failing to account for the huge disparity between very
rich and very poor that america's system has produced. you also gloss
over the fact that, unlike europe, the US is the only first-world
nation which does not have universal healthcare. i suppose you
believe that the competitive drive applies also to human health:
obviously the poor haven't tried hard enough to be "competitive" (in
your words), and don't deserve a decent quality of life. how do
you think your article would read to poor people? condescending,
naive, and mind-bogglingly self-centered, i would guess.
as to your financial analysis, when everyone in the US becomes a
millionaire, what do you think will happen? goods and services will
rise to the price that the market will bear. this is how inflation
in a free market system works.
so better start working on that billion, if you really want to be
at the top of your so-called "diamond".
disgusted,
stephen
Slashdot Mirror
i read with interest your article on slashdot entitled "a minor political screed". i found it boisterously naive and uninformed, a typically american trait. endearing on the one hand, infuriating on the other. i find it mind-boggling that you dismiss the wealth of europe as being in-bred, while failing to account for the huge disparity between very rich and very poor that america's system has produced. you also gloss over the fact that, unlike europe, the US is the only first-world nation which does not have universal healthcare. i suppose you believe that the competitive drive applies also to human health: obviously the poor haven't tried hard enough to be "competitive" (in your words), and don't deserve a decent quality of life. how do you think your article would read to poor people? condescending, naive, and mind-bogglingly self-centered, i would guess. as to your financial analysis, when everyone in the US becomes a millionaire, what do you think will happen? goods and services will rise to the price that the market will bear. this is how inflation in a free market system works. so better start working on that billion, if you really want to be at the top of your so-called "diamond". disgusted, stephen