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24 Oct 2011, 1:02 am

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ah, the concessions of the benevolent ruling classes. where would we be without them?
A lot worse off. ruveyn
general common sense disagrees.
When has a poor person ever created a job or a business firm. To start even a small business one has to have some assets. ruveyn

LOL! Peebo should try handing out his resume to those folks living on Skid Row...

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lots of small business is started by 1st generation Americans starting from nothing.
The bold show how ingrained the feudal attitude is becoming.
Asking to be given work?
If more people would wise up and refuse to sell their labor wholesale to a corporation
that then turns around and sells it retail.
cut out the middle man and sell the fruit of you labor directly.



i know, the irony, eh? that we should be thankful to our masters appears to be the sentiment among many around here.


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24 Oct 2011, 9:30 am

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i know, the irony, eh? that we should be thankful to our masters appears to be the sentiment among many around here.


You would prefer to bite the hand that feeds you?

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24 Oct 2011, 4:57 pm

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You would prefer to bite the hand that feeds you?

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i don't work for a master. i am employed by a non-profit charitable organisation. take that apart and demonstrate how this fact is inconsequential if you want to. but i am not fed by a hand, per se. and if i am, then yes, i do often bite it.


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24 Oct 2011, 4:59 pm

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You would prefer to bite the hand that feeds you?

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i don't work for a master. i am employed by a non-profit charitable organisation. take that apart and demonstrate how this fact is inconsequential if you want to. but i am not fed by a hand, per se. and if i am, then yes, i do often bite it.


You are doing honest work. I would never denigrate that.

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24 Oct 2011, 6:19 pm

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By their own definition of what a "cult" is, most religions are nothing more than cults. If by "enslave," you mean hold complete power and authority over their followers, then yes, they do enslave the working class. They are the gatekeepers of "heaven" "you can't get in unless you believe and give us your money." And since most churches/religions are built upon an aristocracy, yes, they do enslave the working class and promise them a better reward in the afterlife, if they are good enough.


Christianity is what confuses me the most because it's modern day successor is the exact opposite of what their messiah intended. According to the bible Jesus didn't preach in big mega churches, he preached outside. Jesus also drove the money changers out of the temple, but the modern day Christian church is so very money hungry. That's just one modern day religion for example. 8O


So you think all of us christian's are money hungry? As a christian and a methodist we give money to the poor when to do pass around the collection plate that money goes to the church.

And it helps us raise money to do charity work with in our community the mega churches are often babtist in nature also you will not see to many mega methodist churches they are often very small.



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25 Oct 2011, 1:20 am

ruveyn wrote:
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You would prefer to bite the hand that feeds you?

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i don't work for a master. i am employed by a non-profit charitable organisation. take that apart and demonstrate how this fact is inconsequential if you want to. but i am not fed by a hand, per se. and if i am, then yes, i do often bite it.


You are doing honest work. I would never denigrate that.

ruveyn


why, thank you.


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25 Oct 2011, 8:10 am

All formal religions have been used by those in power to control those beneath them.

Socialism/Marxism/Communism is the lone exception as religion is outlawed and the state is your god.

Same basic principle, though.

It's not so much the religion (as many faiths predate those who abuse them), but those who have the ability to twist a faith to their own perverse goals.



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25 Oct 2011, 2:07 pm

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All formal religions have been used by those in power to control those beneath them.

Socialism/Marxism/Communism is the lone exception as religion is outlawed and the state is your god.

Same basic principle, though.

It's not so much the religion (as many faiths predate those who abuse them), but those who have the ability to twist a faith to their own perverse goals.



you are talking about the state capitalist ideologies that descended from the bastardisation of marxist theory, rather than true Socialism/Marxism/Communism. I am sure i don't have to point out the fact that communism and the existence of a state are mutually exclusive, for instance.


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Adam Smith