Fairness in the world

BDI

I often thought that there is famine in some parts of the world so that other parts of the world can live large.
Wars rage in the third world to protect the price of oil in the first. People live in famine regions because they arnt allowed move to plentiful regions.

Maybe it’s a bit simplistic but if a big hero of our time came to the fore and offered you the choice of driving a 15 year old car and only when you need it eg plenty of cycling, cooking your food from scratch, making your own clothes and no make up/hair gel etc.

Maybe a Mormon type life.
Would you live a Mormon life if it meant world peace and an end to hunger?

Who is this big hero? Donald Trump? Richard Boyd Barrett?

ILoveYourVibes

No because anyone asking me to live a Morman life to save Africa is a scam artist.

If our economy stops it brings Africa down with it. World recessions are causative factors in global poverty.

Deleted User wrote: »

Who is this big hero? Donald Trump? Richard Boyd Barrett?

Two sides of the same coin. Its really a chocolate coin covered in yellow foil.

BDI

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Who is this big hero? Donald Trump? Richard Boyd Barrett?

The fella out of waterworld

BDI

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

No because anyone asking me to live a Morman life to save Africa is a scam artist.

If our economy stops it brings Africa down with it. World recessions are causative factors in global poverty.



Two sides of the same coin. Its really a chocolate coin covered in yellow foil.

There would be no Africa or Europe just one big place of fairness

ILoveYourVibes

BDI wrote: »

There would be no Africa or Europe just one big place of fairness

If life was fair a lot of people would still be poor. Let's be honest. Maybe not the SAME people. But a lot of people.

Fairness can be quite brutal.

Conall Cernach

BDI wrote: »

I often thought that there is famine in some parts of the world so that other parts of the world can live large.
Wars rage in the third world to protect the price of oil in the first. People live in famine regions because they arnt allowed move to plentiful regions.

Maybe it’s a bit simplistic but if a big hero of our time came to the fore and offered you the choice of driving a 15 year old car and only when you need it eg plenty of cycling, cooking your food from scratch, making your own clothes and no make up/hair gel etc.

Maybe a Mormon type life.
Would you live a Mormon life if it meant world peace and an end to hunger?

A Mormon type life? Do you know much about the Mormons? Maybe you mean Amish or Mennonite?

ILoveYourVibes

Conall Cernach wrote: »

A Mormon type life? Do you know much about the Mormons? Maybe you mean Amish or Mennonite?

My ex neighbors were mormans. The men have a lot of wives. And if they don't they have a lot of affairs.

Not into the being poor thing. Not really into fairness.




I think you are thinking of the Aimish.

Most mennonites are more ofay with the Technology.

Odyssey 2005

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Who is this big hero? Donald Trump? Richard Boyd Barrett?

The turf smoker from roscommon

Leg End Reject

The world will never be fair. Despite our outward protestations we are selfish at heart.

Put 3 starving people in a room with one meal and it's unlikely it'll be shared equally

ILoveYourVibes

Leg End Reject wrote: »

The world will never be fair.

It doesn't need to be more fair. It needs to be kinder and more selfless.

That isn't fair. Its the opposite of fair really.

But its right.

Annasopra

Leg End Reject wrote: »

The world will never be fair. Despite our outward protestations we are selfish at heart.

Put 3 starving people in a room with one meal and it's unlikely it'll be shared equally

Ah I dunno I think selfishness is learned not innate.

BDI

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

Ah I dunno I think selfishness is learned not innate.

And yet I had to teach all my children to share?

touts

The natural state of man is to compete and to gather more than your neighbour. That's why socialism has failed everywhere it has been tried and why it has had to resort to violence to keep people in line.

Leg End Reject

Leg End Reject wrote: »

The world will never be fair. Despite our outward protestations we are selfish at heart.

Fairness and "selfishness" are not mutually exclusive. After all, why do the rich redistribute wealth to the poor? It isn't philanthropy, it's for their own security. If the poor don't get their crumbs, they'll eat the rich man's loaves!

The self-preservation of the rich and the middle-classes is responsible for the perpetuation of social democracy. It is true that such self-preservation is self-limiting. Self-preservation does not lead to equality per se, so it isn't sufficient to fulfil some socialist utopia; but neither is it incompatible with it.

Roger Hassenforder

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

Ah I dunno I think selfishness is learned not innate.

I'd put money on the opposite being the case.
Especially boys. Girls are a bit more altruistic earier.

ILoveYourVibes

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

I'd put money on the opposite being the case.
Especially boys. Girls are a bit more altruistic earier.

I think its a bit of both learned and innate.

the_pen_turner

there is very little each indevidual on the ground can do now to fix the situation

the problem with all these places is that colectivly and back through the generations they made no effert to improve them selves.
you say they cannot move. now they probebly cannot move due to politics but over the last milenia they could easily have.


everywhere on earth (with very few exceptions) can sustain itsown level of population. the problem is that these places are way over populated or just dont utelise their natural recourses.

Blueshoe

I like your man thanos idea in that avengers movie.

One click of the finger and half the worldpopulation disappears.
Luck of the draw but better in the long run.

BDI

You have to love the internet.

If I asked if Israel should give up a bit of their wealth for Palestine there would be a yes or no answer across the board.

But if you have to give up make up its suddenly a far more complicated question and couldn’t possibly have a yes or no answer and even if the guy from waterworld proved he could make it work it, it wouldn’t possibly work.

ILoveYourVibes

BDI wrote: »

If I asked if Israel should give up a bit of their wealth for Palestine there would be a yes or no answer across the board.

Not from me you wouldn't.

But i wouldn't be totally against it for total GENUINE peace either.

ILoveYourVibes

Also Mennonites and amish generally do not believe in climate change and have a god has a reason for poverty and misfortune.

Charlie19

BDI wrote: »

There would be no Africa or Europe just one big place of fairness

There is the makings of a song there.

BDI

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Also Mennonites and amish generally do not believe in climate change and have a god has a reason for poverty and misfortune.

Couldn’t give a fiddlers they are all abit silly as far as I’m concerned. The minor details arnt important.

Ficheall

BDI wrote: »

Maybe it’s a bit simplistic but if a big hero of our time came to the fore and offered you the choice of driving a 15 year old car and only when you need it eg plenty of cycling, cooking your food from scratch, making your own clothes and no make up/hair gel etc.

I don't have a car or use make up/hair gel, and haven't bought any new clothes in ages. Where's all my bitches at?

BDI

Ficheall wrote: »

I don't have a car or use make up/hair gel, and haven't bought any new clothes in ages. Where's all my bitches at?

Are you a saver? Would you give up your savings to end world hunger?

Ficheall

BDI wrote: »

Are you a saver? Would you give up your savings to end world hunger?

That wasn't in the contract 😕

Edit - when is boards going to update its emojis? Esp. if I'm not getting my Mormon harem.

BDI

Ficheall wrote: »

That wasn't in the contract 😕

Well the idea would be, no personal accumulation of wealth and no wasteful products that need advertising departments to make us believe we need them.

Why do we plunder all the earths steel to build newer cars each year. Majority of people I work with could easily cycle in each day but drive some of them in cars that have the engine size to drag a trailer with the whole building on it.

Stop moaning ffs

Mad the way boards is populated all of a sudden by brand new accounts with mad random threads. From jeans to Muslims. . Have a look at the posting history for some context.

Ficheall

BDI wrote: »

Why do we plunder all the earths steel to build newer cars each year. Majority of people I work with could easily cycle in each day but drive some of them in cars that have the engine size to drag a trailer with the whole building on it.

What's your bicycle made out of? Why not walk?

BDI

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

Mad the way boards is populated all of a sudden by brand new accounts with mad random threads. From jeans to Muslims. . Have a look at the posting history for some context.

Yeah if only we could stop new accounts. The website would be bigger than Instagram in no time.

ILoveYourVibes

BDI wrote: »

Well the idea would be, no personal accumulation of wealth and no wasteful products that need advertising departments to make us believe we need them.

Why do we plunder all the earths steel to build newer cars each year. Majority of people I work with could easily cycle in each day but drive some of them in cars that have the engine size to drag a trailer with the whole building on it.

Personal wealth doesn't cause poverty. Not even extreme personal wealth.

Capitalism has resulted in much less poverty in china but much more economic inequality. Before that everyone was just poor. Now for the most part most people have the basics. And some are very very very rich.

The collapse of soviet Russia before a capitalist states with laws governing its new economy caused a lot of poverty in russia. But there was no huge personal wealth at the time that caused that situation.

And yes poverty existed in Soviet Russia.

Stop moaning ffs

BDI wrote: »

Yeah if only we could stop new accounts. The website would be bigger than Instagram in no time.

You’re making my point for me but by all means continue

BDI

Ficheall wrote: »

What's your bicycle made out of? Why not walk?

Good steel frame, I think, about ten years old and still good as new. 20k a day on it which other able bodied people who do 3 gym classes a week think is way too much for them to cycle.

Leg End Reject

BDI wrote: »

Good steel frame, I think, about ten years old and still good as new. 20k a day on it which other able bodied people who do 3 gym classes a week think is way too much for them to cycle.

Must do wonders for your waist line.

BDI

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

You’re making my point for me but by all means continue

Are you suggesting boards is starting it’s own threads to boost numbers for advertisers?

Stop moaning ffs

BDI wrote: »

Are you suggesting boards is starting it’s own threads to boost numbers for advertisers?

Not at all.

Have a number of seemingly random nonsense threads like this one bookmarked. All started by accounts with few to no posts. All seemingly random. Often jump in on hot topics of all kinds.

It’s interesting

BDI

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Must do wonders for your waist line.

Chortle chortle

BDI

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

Not at all.

Have a number of seemingly random nonsense threads like this one bookmarked. All started by accounts with few to no posts. All seemingly random. Often jump in on hot topics of all kinds.

It’s interesting

Have you got a hatstand that glows when you shine a light on it?

ILoveYourVibes

BDI wrote: »

Chortle chortle

sexy beast


I need to get my cardio on.

Stop moaning ffs

BDI wrote: »

Have you got a hatstand that glows when you shine a light on it?

Purple monkey dishwasher reply.

Well be following your progress closely.

BDI

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

Purple monkey dishwasher reply.

Well be following your progress closely.

Are you the guy that harassed all the new posters to stop anybody joining. Kind of like highlander but with boards accounts?

Enjoy watching my account closely. And who is we? I thought there were no cliques here?

ILoveYourVibes

BDI wrote: »

I thought there were no cliques here?

Sadly you thought wrong. There are.

Why would someone want people to stop joining though?

Leg End Reject

BDI wrote: »

Chortle chortle

What was funny about that?

Stop moaning ffs

BDI wrote: »

Are you the guy that harassed all the new posters to stop anybody joining. Kind of like highlander but with boards accounts?

Enjoy watching my account closely. And who is we? I thought there were no cliques here?

You have 31 posts. You joined just to start this thread?
To what end? Discussion or division?
It doesn’t wash here I’m afraid. Jog on.

Roger Hassenforder

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

You have 31 posts. You joined just to start this thread?
To what end? Discussion or division?
It doesn’t wash here I’m afraid. Jog on.

Dude, youve 2.5k posts in 3 months.
Once, you had 1 post though.

Roger Hassenforder

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

I'd put money on the opposite being the case.
Especially boys. Girls are a bit more altruistic earier.

Girls are more materialistic than boys. 80% of consumer spending is done by women. It is true they are more generous with other people's money.

Stop moaning ffs

Scream For Me Baby wrote: »

Boards is not some super secret club, anyone can join and post.

Account with two posts makes point about posts and how boards works.

Riiiiight

BDI

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Girls are more materialistic than boys. 80% of consumer spending is done by women. It is true they are more generous with other people's money.

That is actually fascinating if true. I always wondered why the courier never had anything for me when he knocks.

BDI

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

Account with two posts makes point about posts and how boards works.

Riiiiight

Spell out what you are getting at will you. I’m not the smartest but I’m trying my best to figure out.

Do you think boards is making fake accounts to boost advertising

Or

I am making loads of accounts to divide your forum

Or

You think a load of re regs turned up today to spoil your forum

I’m fascinated

Stop moaning ffs

BDI wrote: »

Spell out what you are getting at will you. I’m not the smartest but I’m trying my best to figure out.

Do you think boards is making fake accounts to boost advertising

Or

I am making loads of accounts to divide your forum

Or

You think a load of re regs turned up today to spoil your forum

I’m fascinated

We all know the answer. Have a sit down and a think. It won’t wash here. Try again.