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What we have to ask ourselves here is: To what extent do we want our society to put a value on wealth?


I would rather a society where value is placed on merit instead. I don't see any reason to prefer otherwise, unless you are someone who has gained their wealth through means other than merit.


Therefore we should encourage those who advertise themselves on the basis of merit, and discourage those who advertise themselves on the basis of wealth.


One way would be to sabotage attempts at display of wealth. If rich people found that parking their expensive cars on the street lead to them being damaged, they would be less likely to purchase such vehicles. They could sponsor worthy causes instead, for example.

Loz Wrote:

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> By displaying their wealth in such an ostentatious

> way they are showing a disregard for the feelings

> of those less fortunate than them.

>

> Ok, I'm feeding the troll here, but it's

> Friday...

>

> Do you mean like using drinking water for flushing

> your toilet, whilst a lot of the world goes

> thirsty?

>

> Or by throwing away a large percentage of

> perfectly good food whilst a lot of the world goes

> hungry?

>

> Relatively, this whole country is, in world terms,

> that ostentatious person you hate.


Of course, and I am all in favour of actions which try and reduce this inequality.


(Although your drinking water point is a bit of a misplaced one)

jrussel Wrote:


If rich people found that parking their

> expensive cars on the street lead to them being

> damaged, they would be less likely to purchase

> such vehicles.


Where else do to you expect them to park?


Honestly, you've spouted so much rubbish on here you're just not worth engaging with.

???? Wrote:

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> Posh people's car tend to be nicer to look at and

> reasonably new. I'd be happier to make this

> regressive and torch any of the myriad old, ugly,

> clapped out, polluting, dangerous bangers that

> London's streets are full of.


Ideally, we would rid our streets of all private cars. But that is another discussion.

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> jrussel Wrote:

>

> If rich people found that parking their

> > expensive cars on the street lead to them being

> > damaged, they would be less likely to purchase

> > such vehicles.

>

> Where else do to you expect them to park?

>


If they don't have the expensive cars in the first place, they won't have to park them anywhere.


Come on - it's not that difficult!

jrussel. I feel similarly about people flaunting their unearned advantages over me. Therefore I've started hitting pretty people with brick. I've since moved on to breaking the legs of tall people, cutting the tongues out of eloquent people and poking the eyes out of people who can see further than me. I know it's only a little step towards equality but I feel it helps.

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> If you have a car no matter how much you paid for

> it you've got to park it somewhere and ummm...

> oooh let me think...ummm that'll be the street

> then. Jeez!


That's right. They can park their reasonably priced cars on the street, instead of vulgar and expensive ones. Just like everyone else does. I'm not sure what you're getting all worked up about.

jrussel Wrote:

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> That's right. They can park their reasonably

> priced cars on the street, instead of vulgar and

> expensive ones. Just like everyone else does. I'm

> not sure what you're getting all worked up about.


Damn right. I have no idea what everyone is getting worked up about either.


It's obvious that the vulgar and expensive cars should go in the garage.

Any other boringsville cars they own can be left on the street where they belong. Really.

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