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Originally Posted by Anchor
Doing that would be interesting, but the way most people are in the first world soon there would be dog-eat-dog again, rich exploiting poor, and critically : people not taking responsibility for thier actions.
Responsibility is key. If you dont take responsibility - conciously for each little thing you do, then where is the motive to clean up your act?
When you realise that the exploitation of some poor third worlder who has to work in a userous system just to buy food is as pointless as self-harm, then you wouldnt do it. Understanding that we are all one, and whatsoever we do to others we do to ourselves is the responsibility factor that we have to get first.
Just having our problems wiped away, probably would not help that much in the long term as it would remove the catalyst that will end up with us fixing things properly.
To me constructive competition is an oxymoron. In a competetive situation, one man's gain is anothers loss - why is that a good thing?
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PS: Oxy, there's an obvious joke about your handle in my last para, but I promise I am not making it. I mean it literally.
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I agree that Responsibility is Key. Constructive Competition, Positive Response Ability, and Constitutional Responsible Freedom are at the center of my philosophical edifice. They are interlocking and interdependent. I tend to incorporate them into discussions regarding the U.S. Constitution.
Competition is an integral part of Freedom. Competition is an integral part of Game Playing. Competition involves challenge, adventure, and interest. However...the greater good for the entire community must always remain at the center of things. If the good and ethical people decide to stop competing because it is wrong...and the evil and unethical people decide to compete with even more enthusiasm...the bad guys will end up with everything...and the good guys will end up with nothing. Our world is sort of like that right now. Irresponsible and Destructive Competition is Rewarded. This needs to change. Irresponsible and Destructive Competition Should Be Punished. The most Responsible people should win...and the most Irresponsible people should be locked up!
When two baseball teams play a baseball game...both teams make money...the fans get a good show...the vendors and park owners make money...the players get physical and mental exercise...and usually no one gets hurt. This is Constructive Competition.
When two countries go to war...both sides endure horrible atrocities, hardships, wounds, fatalities, loss of property, etc, etc. The bastards who started the damn war...and financed both sides...get obscenely wealthy with blood money...and make even more money financing the rebuilding of both sides. This is Destructive Competition.
Constructive Competition. Oxymoron...or Wave of the Future?