Scarcity had not existed since the creation of the world until humankind sinned. God decided that humankind shall no longer enjoy unlimited resources from the Tree of Life and they must face the problem of scarcity and struggle hard for survival from then on. Competition for limited resources among humankind began as the planet's population increased. In a society of competition people are divided into classes and they do their best to get promoted to a higher class, leading to hatred, violent deeds, conflicts and wars. As Karl Marx pointed out in the Communist Manifesto, 'the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.'.
Without scarcity (and thus competition) the world would be a perfect place - no sadness, no suffering, no evil, no crimes, no tears. True?
What did Jesus say about competition? Did he approve of it? It seems sharing and socialism are much preferred in the Bible to competition and capitalism (Mark 10.43f, Acts 4.32).
2007-04-08
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