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Create a culture that is so fixated on wealth above all else and this is what happens. When everyone around you is judging you based on what you have and on the

Create a culture that is so fixated on wealth above all else and this is what happens. When everyone around you is judging you based on what you have and on the successes you've achieved, what motivation does one have to behave morally? God died and the dollar took its place. I know we will one day look back on this in complete confusion as to how we just watched things so clearly destructive destabilize the country. It's always hard to understand how these things happen when looking at history without being in the contemporary madness of the times.

gotduped 8y ago
> God died and the dollar took its place 'God died' is such bull. The worst people in the world do what they do in his name.
kweinber 8y ago
It is possible to act morally without God as motivation. God was a strong motivator in the Dark Ages- did people act more morally then? It is possible to be a capitalist and act morally. Rates of crime are at some of the lowest levels of all human history now.... is that a sign of immorality? Morality is about making responsible choices.... often tough ones. Abdicating responsibility to a deity or a monetary system is the opposite of what is needed for morally responsible decision making.
- sabujp 8y ago
  it's possible to be a "moral" capitalist but not without strong laws and punishments. There are countless # of instances where corporations have gotten away with either indirectly or directly knowingly doing harm.
tabs_masterrace 8y ago
> destructive destabilize the country I don't think Facebook is destabilizing the country. In fact I don't think anything bad at all is happening. Like please explain to me your negative repercussions from Facebook sharing some of their data with Amazon. How did that undermine the country? People have gotten so hysterical about this topic, it's a madness, and that is what's destabilizing the country IMHO. Like OP is calling to put some of the most brilliant minds in Silicon Valley in jail, which is ridiculous! But if anything like this should happen, I think you gonna see FAANG & Co seriously consider rebasing outside U.S. (well maybe not G)
- jto1218 8y ago
  Donald Trump got elected, which happened in part because of the ubiquity of Facebook and the nonsense being disseminated on their platform. I’d say that’s pretty destabilizing
- cat199 8y ago
  > I don't think Facebook is destabilizing the country. umm.. massive and hugely polarizing public influence campaigns, if extant, aren't destabilizing? > Like OP is calling to put some of the most brilliant minds in Silicon Valley in jail, which is ridiculous! plenty of brilliant sociopaths out there.. brilliant != good.

gotduped 8y ago

> God died and the dollar took its place 'God died' is such bull. The worst people in the world do what they do in his name.

kweinber 8y ago

It is possible to act morally without God as motivation. God was a strong motivator in the Dark Ages- did people act more morally then? It is possible to be a capitalist and act morally. Rates of crime are at some of the lowest levels of all human history now.... is that a sign of immorality? Morality is about making responsible choices.... often tough ones. Abdicating responsibility to a deity or a monetary system is the opposite of what is needed for morally responsible decision making.

sabujp 8y ago
it's possible to be a "moral" capitalist but not without strong laws and punishments. There are countless # of instances where corporations have gotten away with either indirectly or directly knowingly doing harm.

tabs_masterrace 8y ago

> destructive destabilize the country I don't think Facebook is destabilizing the country. In fact I don't think anything bad at all is happening. Like please explain to me your negative repercussions from Facebook sharing some of their data with Amazon. How did that undermine the country? People have gotten so hysterical about this topic, it's a madness, and that is what's destabilizing the country IMHO. Like OP is calling to put some of the most brilliant minds in Silicon Valley in jail, which is ridiculous! But if anything like this should happen, I think you gonna see FAANG & Co seriously consider rebasing outside U.S. (well maybe not G)

jto1218 8y ago
Donald Trump got elected, which happened in part because of the ubiquity of Facebook and the nonsense being disseminated on their platform. I’d say that’s pretty destabilizing
cat199 8y ago
> I don't think Facebook is destabilizing the country. umm.. massive and hugely polarizing public influence campaigns, if extant, aren't destabilizing? > Like OP is calling to put some of the most brilliant minds in Silicon Valley in jail, which is ridiculous! plenty of brilliant sociopaths out there.. brilliant != good.