RL> Envy the root of socialism.
 RL> 
 RL> But also the mental model that some people have.
 RL> 
 RL> Some people see the world as a pie.  If you get a bigger slice, then
 RL> they have to "accept" a smaller one.

That's Bjorn. He got a piece of pie than fell on the floor, so now he wants everyone to have a smashed piece of of pie with hair and footprints on it. And the whole time he'll claim "it's better to have pie like this."

 RL> Others see the world differently.  If you get a bigger slice, they look
 RL> and ask "how did you get a bigger slice?" and then do the same work to
 RL> get a big slice too.
 RL> 

That's the way my parents raised me; to learn from my friends, not to mooch from them.

 RL> But that also highlights the other problem with the socialists: they are
 RL> incompetent and they know that they can never be able to do the work to
 RL> get what they want.  So they build a social structure that takes from
 RL> those who can do the work and give it to them.

It sounds great to our leftists because they don't believe in personal growth, but the problem is that their lack of ambition slows us all down.

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