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“We are to love God most importantly so that we can grow to love people as he loved us, not so that we can feel more divine and worthy than the worldly.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
“The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.”
(Analects 4.16)”
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(Analects 4.16)”
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“In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.”
― Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
― Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
“Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.”
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“There is nobody in this country who got rich on their own. Nobody. You built a factory out there - good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory... Now look. You built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea - God bless! Keep a hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.”
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