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Message started by WebsterMark on 10/30/25 at 04:14:37

Title: A worm in the big apple
Post by WebsterMark on 10/30/25 at 04:14:37

A timely article given that our largest city is about to essentially drink to excess and get behind the wheel by electing a socialist incapable of a clear vision

https://lawliberty.org/virtue-economics/

Virtue Economics vs. the Myth of Equality

If mechanistic objectivity and science envy are one source of resistance to virtue economics, another is modern thought’s obsession with equality. It resists any suggestion that wealth or poverty might reflect differences in virtue, often resorting to moral outrage or conspiracy thinking when the argument gets difficult. Democratic and communist ideals have long glorified the poor at the expense of the rich, while fascism and populism twist the same theme for their own ends. We remain willfully blind to the moral foundations of prosperity because we hesitate to admit that virtue often produces wealth, and vice, poverty.

Instead, the deserving rich, classes and nations alike, should remember that much virtue is inherited: you do well by doing good because that’s what you were taught. Practice noblesse oblige towards others who were not so fortunate.

Virtue economics is an uphill battle, but it’s worth the fight. It warns against killing the goose—virtue—that lays the golden eggs. Virtue must be maintained through families, churches, and honorable institutions. And while the quiet collaboration of virtue and capitalism has done much to better the human condition, it could do much more if we were more intentional about making virtue and capitalism work together.

Although noblesse oblige endures—billions flow each year from the wealthy who want to give back—the modern bias is not to trust it, but instead, to stand up government bureaucracies to do what noblesse oblige could do better. A brighter future awaits if we let virtue economics unlock it.

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by Needles on 10/30/25 at 14:28:23

MAGATs talking "virtue"!

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Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by Serowbot on 10/30/25 at 15:34:42

Trump will take away food and healthcare for 40 million Americans
A man that has never been 2 hours without a hamburger

Somebody learns a new phrase thinks they can lecture the world
Did you follow the point of "Noblesse oblige"?
If you did, Trump should disgust you

Noblesse oblige is a French term meaning "nobility obliges," which suggests that those with privilege, such as nobility, have a responsibility to act honorably and generously towards others. It emphasizes that wealth and power come with social duties, requiring individuals to support and protect those less fortunate.

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by Serowbot on 10/30/25 at 15:44:50

Noblesse oblige

Billie Eilish Calls on Billionaires to Support People in Need: ‘No Hate, But Give Your Money Away’
If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/billie-eilish-calls-billionaires-support-153020859.html

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by Eegore on 10/30/25 at 17:07:24

I think before millionaires ask billionaires to give away money they should check to see what percentage of their net worth can be "given away" and compare that to their own 115million contributions, in percentage, to their own liquid assets.

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by WebsterMark on 10/30/25 at 18:15:27

4A5C4B564E5B564D390 wrote:

For fxxks sake is every cell in your brain blackened by hatred? How the f did you pull another Trump rant out of your a$$?

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by WebsterMark on 10/30/25 at 18:35:32

The takeaway from that article, for everyone who isn’t poisoned by hatred, is an interesting one.

Capitalism requires virtue. I would say without virtue, capitalism devolves to socialism. Chew on that for a while.

I’ve had the good fortune to have customers, companies that all of you know, and they give away millions of dollars.

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by JOG on 10/30/25 at 23:16:42

2B3D2A372F3A372C580 wrote:

You are able to remain stultifyingly ignorant while the facts are readily available.
I'd hate to have you as referee in any game if you wanted the other team to win.

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by WebsterMark on 10/31/25 at 05:25:42

A follow to yesterday’s article this morning that’s equally interesting:
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-culture-29c337f2?st=aq7c3x

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by WebsterMark on 10/31/25 at 05:39:27

0237243C2720243721450 wrote:

[quote author=2B3D2A372F3A372C580 link=1761822877/0#2 date=1761863682]
Trump will take away food and healthcare for 40 million Americans
A man that has never been 2 hours without a hamburger

Somebody learns a new phrase thinks they can lecture the world
Did you follow the point of "Noblesse oblige"?
If you did, Trump should disgust you

Noblesse oblige is a French term meaning "nobility obliges," which suggests that those with privilege, such as nobility, have a responsibility to act honorably and generously towards others. It emphasizes that wealth and power come with social duties, requiring individuals to support and protect those less fortunate.

You are able to remain stultifyingly ignorant while the facts are readily available.
I'd hate to have you as referee in any game if you wanted the other team to win. [/quote]

You hit upon a key, if not the key, aspects of politics in today’s world and that’s politics is a game, a sporting event where you imagine yourself in the battle, fighting it out for a victory. I do that, you do that, we all do, but to different degrees.

A good teammate is said to be someone who’ll sacrifice themselves for the team, to look past a teammate’s failings and fight for them if called on.

That’s why those with such a burning hatred for Trump will do, say and support the most ridiculous things, will literally deny reality right in front of them. For crying out loud, they sacrifice their children to the rainbow flag, cutting off body parts and destroying their lives just for a chance to wear their blue jerseys proudly.

The challenge for the more rational is to keep the filters in place that allow you to remove nonsense.

I didn’t want Trump, I wanted DeSantis. But I know Trump was the only one who could have taken on the Democratic’s future voting machine know as mass illegal immigration. I think the economy is going fine. I’m glad we’re attacking boats in the ocean. The key areas of the nation are better now than a year ago. Take the win Mr President.

I wish Trump would shut up. Yes, Biden was a crook who stole millions but drop it,he got away with it. He’s dying, leave him alone.

My perfect outcome is Republicans win huge in the midterms and Trump retires giving us 10 years of Vance. I’m fine with that.

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by Needles on 10/31/25 at 06:13:42

You know, it's going to be hilarious when New York THRIVES under the new mayor. THAT's what MAGATs fear the most: proof that Democratic Socialism is the way forward, and that capitalism MUST be controlled severely to even be allowed in a civilized country.

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Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by WebsterMark on 10/31/25 at 08:16:36

And if it doesn’t?

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by MnSpring on 10/31/25 at 08:42:00

0328282921283E4D0 wrote:

"... it's going to be hilarious when New York THRIVES under the new mayor. ..."

Not for the people affected by the Lying, Stealing, Killing, people !!!

Which would be a opinion.

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by Serowbot on 10/31/25 at 09:44:53

Name one thing Trump has done to aid people that need help
He is even banned from ever having a charity because he used it as his personal checkbook and contributed nothing

He's going to hell and he knows it

“Dear children, it is very hard to enter the Kingdom of God. In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by Needles on 10/31/25 at 13:13:24

102225343322350A26352C470 wrote:

And if it doesn’t?

Then they'll elect someone else. The point is, you don't KNOW that it will fail. Other than the very few D-Ss in office, ALL of whom have so much support from their constituents that the MAGATs have trouble even getting on the ballots, there has never been a D-S controlled larger city in the US. As far as 'populist' voters, Democratic-Socialists outdo 47. I guess there are more empathetic people than batsh*t crazies...

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Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by MnSpring on 10/31/25 at 13:40:27

293F28352D38352E5A0 wrote:

"... banned from ever having a charity because he used it as his personal checkbook and contributed nothing ..."

You mean, EXACTLY what the Clinton's did ?

And THEN,
it was perfectly OK !!!!!

(A Yep, never had SEX with that girl)

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Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by Needles on 10/31/25 at 15:57:46

The Clinton Foundation WAS acquitted. The Foundation functioned just as it was supposed to for a legitimate charity organization. That is a word that cannot be applied to MAGATs. "Pardoned" means guilty, but allowed to go unpunished. "Acquitted" means there was not enough evidence for a conviction. "Exonerated" means that they were convicted, but later proven innocent. 47 is "convicted" by a judge and jury, 34 times to be exact. There is no real hope of exoneration. He'll always be a felon.

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Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by MnSpring on 10/31/25 at 16:18:27

6B404041494056250 wrote:

"... The Foundation functioned just as it was supposed to for a legitimate charity organization. ..."

LOL, not at all,
what the MAJORITY of 'news' sites say !

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Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by JOG on 10/31/25 at 19:51:31

I hope that walking lightbulb wins. Maybe the destruction he would bring would finally demonstrate sufficiently the stupidity of the leftard agenda to wake up the woke.

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by WebsterMark on 11/01/25 at 04:56:40

687E69746C79746F1B0 wrote:

Trump has literally employed tens of thousands of people over the years and I have no idea how many active employees work for Trump companies now, but I assume it’s in the thousands.

1) you don’t believe in hell and 2) that quote applies to you as much to hm. Let’s face it sew, you are in the 5% of all wage earners globally. You are one of the rich.

But do you have any employees? Have you started a company where people rely on you for income that they use to support their children? Or do you just take the wealth you get and buy pleasurable things for yourself like motorcycles and computers?

There’s also something about casting the first stone before removing the splinter from your own eye.

Title: Re: A worm in the big apple
Post by Needles on 11/01/25 at 06:11:17

He has literally CHEATED tens of thousands out of proper payment. He also hasn't participated in his own businesses for nearly ten years now, or was that just another lie? And, you can't attribute anything he does for his own employees as helping average Americans, anyway. That's private business, not government. The only reason his current crop of minions even gets paid is because the taxpayers foot the bill for their salaries. Try again. (Score: 47 supporters = 0 ; The People = 34, with 30,000+ pending)

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