[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> No. It's an endorsement of the capitalist system that makes it 
> possible for the poor to become self-sufficient in the U.S.
> 
> [Arlo]
> So you're suggesting the quality of life for our poor and for 
> Zambia's poor only differs in the "potential" afforded by a 
> capitalist economy? If the poor are indeed simply lazy, how does this 
> potential help them?

It doesn't if they are lazy. So why encourage laziness by rewarding it?
Would you like to see a bunch of bums and freeloaders in your community?

> I'd say a capitalist economy has generated enough wealth for us to 
> treat our poor to medicine, food and shelter not available to the 
> poor suffering in countries with no industry and no functional 
> economic power. And, the difference is we are doing so, while the 
> poor in Zambia and Indonesia are left to suffer on the streets, 
> hungry and without medical attention. Would you like to see that here?

Why do you suppose the poor in Zambia and Indonesia are left to suffer in
the streets? 


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