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Originally Posted by moeloubani
It's great that you live where you live - but some places in the world people are starving. Because there is NO FOOD.
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Not my responsibility. I didn't cause the famine in whatever country there is famine. I can chose to help (as I have done so in the past), but forcing me to help or deciding it's better that some people don't have babies or anything like that is simply an act of aggression.
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Originally Posted by moeloubani
Are you comparing kings and priests with scientists? You really think that decisions made based on nothing (kings and priests) are the same as decisions made based on science. Do you not understand science? It's based on facts, observable facts and repeatable results. Over the past 2000 years how much has religion progressed versus science?
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Thousands of years of history are filled with people who claimed to know what was best for the people... From faro's to emperors to high chancellors to presidents...
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Originally Posted by moeloubani
Your idea of everyone can do what they want as long as they don't hurt anyone else only works in an environment where everything is unlimited.
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Why is that?
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In the one we live in today, reality, our resources are limited.
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correct. see above.
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Originally Posted by moeloubani
That means when one more human comes onto Earth everyone else has a little less they can use. By just being born another human is taking a piece of that pie. And it all works out as long as the pie isn't being eaten too fast.
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You're assuming that just because you're being born, you have the right to a piece of the pie. So if I want a Ferrari, they should give me one, right?
As an individual you have the right to use your own body as you see fit. That means you can use your body (your property) to acquire property. You provide services to people and get property in return (selling your time and labor), you can gather wood, fruit,... you can mine metals and minerals (unclaimed resources),....
Being born does not give you a right to a piece of the pie. Being born gives you the right to use your body. If you want a piece of the pie, you need to work for it. If you want a bigger piece of the pie, you can accomplish that by contributing to the community: by offering a product or service people are willing to pay for. It's called the free market.