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Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 30 Apr 2003 23:09:05 GMT
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> I decided that I could best
> succeed by ignoring the apparent rules of the competition game and use
> cooperation instead. The exams took the form of "IDs" -- for those not in
> the know, you have to be able to link single words or short phrases to
> complete works and thereby identify the author, the title of the work, and
> the year of it's publication -- not too fun! By writing the group's study
> notes, nearly memorizing thousands of pages of literature, and teaching my
> identification techniques to others I hoped to place myself at the top of
> the curve.
<snip>
I remember those types of exams, and man did I hate them, I much prefered
writing pages of compare and contrast etc. By you description of you study
techniques you are obviously a hard worker, but you were motivated by a
desire to excel, and to achieve a good grade. I have never agreed with a
true bell curve, as it requires that a certain percentage of those tested to
fail, doesn't seem fair. I am just glad we are not graded based on a
communist system, where we just all collectively share grade points.
> Globalization hopes to make enough profit from a few off the backs of the
> many. Don't be fooled by the empty rhetoric. This is the same scheme as
> used by the moneychangers in the temple. Everybody loses when you file the
> edges off the true weight of a gold coin -- that's why we place reeded edges
> on coins. Of course, they aren't gold anymore...but that's another debate to
> be sure.
I somewhat agree with you, when pure greed compells the heads of
corporations who are continually voting themselves raises, and bonuses,
while the rank and file employees struggle, there is something wrong. I also
believe that a company with those principles is bound to lose its most
talented employees, and will simply be a store house for the mediocre.
> Faith is not necessary when evidence of the obvious abounds. I don't
> believe that my winning is predicated on cheating others out of the true
> value of their labor. Everybody wins when I consume goods I may need or want
> by paying a price that reflects the fair value of someone's labor.
Again I agree with that, but who is to determine the "fair value of
someone's labor"? I believe it should be market forces, not government. Here
in Southern California In-N-Out burger pays it's employees on average $2
more than minimum wage, as a result all polls show that it is the best fast
food resturant to work in and retains its employees for much longer. In my
book this is a smart company, and there are many like it. I have worked for
a few large companies, where I felt like just another number, but I never
stuck around long, as I really prefer working for smaller companies where
everything is more personal, and my actions have a direct effect on the
success of the company. I am also looking at starting up my own company here
soon, and hope to be successful while treating coworkers well enough to
retain them.
Scott
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