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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:54 PM Original message |
I never wanted power or wealth, people like me are not motivated to accumulate these things |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. A Frank Herbert quote you might like.. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Interesting quote |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Originally.... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Commie! |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. I love the shocked looks I get when I say, "I hate money". |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. money is the thing that allows you to avoid doing things you don't like |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Dirty hippie! |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Parable Of The Tribes |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. In other words people tend to get what they seek |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'd be happy with a sense of security -- |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. there is a tremendous difference between wealth and security |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. Slightly different point of view, but similar |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. Shelter, Food and Sex are the only |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. The will to power is a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. The notion that people are inherently selfish is just projection by the selfish. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You are so perceptive. Yes that is certainly the case for neocons. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Funny, I had a debate with a DU'er |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. that's a good example, of course people want to provide for their families. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Wow, how could anyone be insulted by that? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. All the miners I've known were damned proud |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'd like very much to have some things. Like a roof and a bedroom. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I do believe the OP advocates for a sustainable way of living. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Assumptions don't provide a roof. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. having security is not same thing as accumulating wealth and power |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Security wasn't mentioned. Money was. People in my situation take nothing for granted. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. if you even briefly scanned the thread, it should have been clear |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. What is clear is that this is where the class divide is. What you take for granted, others of us |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I don't disagree with your take on that issue |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The same thing has been said about blacks, gays, women, etc. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. You are distorting the OP which quite clearly states "wealth and power" |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I had a laugh at that too; likes money well enough to buy a computer and Internet access |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. is there something about the terms wealth and power |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Maybe you're asking the wrong person? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. so you call the shots in our system? |
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