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[–] ScorpioGlitch 1 points (+1|-0)

It's not immoral for me to hold onto the things that I traded my non-refundable time for. That's how it works.

Additionally, while it may be morally reprehensible to not aid people who are in dire need, it is not moral required to do so.

white families in America have 16 times as much wealth on average as black families. This is indisputably because of slavery

And there it is. The "hate whites" crap. No one alive today had anything to do with slavery. Everyone alive today has had their own opportunities free and clear of slavery. The fact that we have to have this conversation reeks of the degeneracy of people who are mad because they're not rich.

Not even gonna read the rest of the article. But I will say this:

I started out so flippin' poor that I had to save 3 weeks to do a single load of laundry at the laundromat. New Year's 2012, I literally did not even have 25 cents. I was doing laundry in my bathtbub and was raging because I couldn't even go to a local bar who was doing 25 cent champagne glasses for New Year's. I got tired of it and decided to do something. I was gainfully employed 3 years later and am now in the lowest echelons of the upper class. Almost might as well call me "middle class" but it's technically not.

Five years. Five. Upwards mobility through the tax brackets is indeed rough and difficult and stories like mine are quite rare indeed. I admit that freely. But I have ADHD which is considered a learning disability. If I can do it, so can average Joe down the street who doesn't have any disadvantages.

So I don't want to hear people whining about how I'm obligated to help anyone because it's immoral not to. It's immoral to force me into uncompensated slavery to give my wealth to someone else. That's called "socialism" or perhaps even "communism." And it will be a cold day in hell before someone pries my money out of my cold, dead hands.

[–] Kannibal [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

I agree with many of your points.

There is a difficult philosophical question lurking in the background, though. One that a lot a people do not look at, and one that I do not have a quick and easy answer for.

We have a more or less established justice system for individuals.

What do we do about justice between groups? Not just companies, but classes of people, nations, etc.

I am not sure of an answer

[–] ScorpioGlitch 0 points (+0|-0)

That's because the law is based on the idea of personal responsibility and protecting the individual from the government.

Perhaps the next form of republic will address the issues you talk about.