Board Thread:Watercooler 2.0/@comment-6191693-20130714150046/@comment-6191693-20131107003203

(Um, no. Neither of us claimed for this to be a "perfect world," though you may have assumed it because you're a silly libertarian. If you talked to, say, the Koch brothers or Rand Paul, good self-governance is akin to smart business practices, which are not necessarily moral or ethical business practices. A sound business model, from a financial perspective, could very easily involve paying workers in stamps that are only good at the company store, keeping its workers in pretty much indentured servitude, much like we used to do right here in coal towns and the like in the merry ol' United States. Technically, it was brilliant for our economy. Technically, we were quicky rising to become one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Of course, all of that wealth and all of the benefits of the economy were enjoyed by the moneyed elite. It was basically neo-serfdom. And serfdom has always worked out so well in the past, no matter which hat it wore, right?)

In response to your corruption, that really does not sound like such a bad thing. Doesn't Jesus say, in Matthew 6:19-20, " 19  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."? And in Matthew 19:21, he goes on to say, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Hear that? "Sell your possessions and give to the poor." Jesus had nothing. Zip. Nada.

Since you made no wish, your corruption is that Jesus is disappointed because you're so against doing what He would do.