[MD] Metaphysical issues: DQ

[Platt Holden]

Chris:

[Chris]
> Potato. Let's say greed then. That just means people want a lot of
> stuff.
> And it is a very strong driving force, and so it keeps our economy
> going.
> And it produces this:
> 
> "The houses were in many cases not worthy of human beings and gave rise
> to
> many illnesses, among them tuberculosis. The salary of the workers were
> at
> best at subsistence level, and could only provide the workers with poor
> food, and thus the infant mortality was very high. In addition to this,
> the
> factory workers could not depend on getting paid all the time, since
> they
> could be fired at any time"
> 
> 
> I'm not saying that this drive is the devil. It's basic human nature. But
> I
> AM saying that if this drive has too much freedom it KILLS people.

I hope your study of history reveals the purges, mass famines, show trials, 
killing fields and concentration camps that exterminated millions under 
atheist Marxist regimes in Russia, China, Vietnam, Korea, Cambodia, Cuba, 
etc. in  the 20th century.

Platt