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Lendaddy and Fint apparently buy into the new definition of "freedom." Freedom to hoard. Freedom from sharing. Because selfishness is the important and desirable fuel that fires our society. Again, this is back to the dissonance I see between Christianity and Capitalism. Get it while you can, get as much as you can. Be one of the winners.

Some of my more cynical socialist friends also suggest that our system also requires homelessness. The bottom portion of society gets to watch the Mercedes' go by, and imagine that "Maybe, just maybe, there is so much wealth out there that maybe, maybe I could have a little." And when we drive by in our Porsches, we can say "There, but for the grace and kindness of my benevolent employer, go I. I'd better hump it back to the office before someone becomes disappointed with my performance." We are so frightened of the possibility that we could be out of work long enough to lose everything, that we will practically eat poop if our employer asks.

That, my friends, is the heart of capitalism.
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