the founding fathers realised the obvious, that tyranny was inevitable with overwealth - they tried their best to limit fortunes to justice, by prohibiting entail & primogeniture, fixing clergy salaries, warning against the corporation - they believed that wealth concentration wd kill the republic, as did several presidents - democracy = people power, which is subverted if wealth/power is not just, is not proportional to work - work is democratically spread, wealth must be too, for justice, nonviolence, love of the republic, survival
people's concept of justice, grasp of the allimportance of justice, was [far] too woolly for vigilance, the price of democracy, safety, happiness, peace
justice [=peace, happiness, democracy, capitalism for all] is equal pay for equal work - we can quantify pay - when we can correctly define & quantify work, we will get justice, happiness, everything good we are missing out on
ppl said: liberty! freedom to get limitlessly rich!
2006-10-10
11:44:55
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