the most evil [stupid, moneymad, powermad, destructive, plain mad] are the most intensely driven to the top - from where they most brutally terrorise, cannonfodderise & rob the ppl - [richard the lionheart, crusaders, napolean, alexander, ivan the terrible, cromwell, oilmen, CEOs, etc etc etc]
limited-fortunes capitalism whips the pusfilled boil off the top of society?
love of money is the root of all evil? ie, not love of receiving just pay for just work, but love of receiving overpay, money for no work, theft, robbery, con tricks, fraud, golden parachutes, getting/taking out more from society than you put in by work, etc
if we kill the chance of getting overpaid, by limiting fortunes to the utmost any person can possibly truly earn by his own work, will we kill most evils?
eg, it wont be possible to get rich by fomenting wars & selling arms to both sides, & there wont be plenty of cheap soldiers in such poverty that a soldier's hellish but fed & clothed life is a step up
2006-10-25 15:41:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
American Capitalism and The Moral Poverty of Nations
2006-10-25 17:28:56 · answer #1 · answered by Jamil Ahmad G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who will enforce the limited fortunes? The people you list are rulers of countries and there is no effective way of holding them to account - just look at how complicated holding Sadaam to account in Iraq has become.
Also, how do you measure fortunes? If you try and create a law to limit fortunes, you will just give every rich person in the world an incentive to find loopholes and ways of getting around the laws, and these are the people best able to afford the best lawyers, accountants etc.
Limited fortunes is a nice idea, but it just has no practical application.
2006-10-25 16:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by eco101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-10-25 15:48:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋