Ownership Of Land - A Deeply Flawed Concept?

[Isard]

Originally Posted by auroraglacialis

Sorry, but I dont think this is true. Surely a CEO worked hard, but you cant tell me he worked harder than an engineer spending sleepless nights developing a new product or a guy who pushes pipes at an oil rig or a mother who takes two jobs to feed her kid.
It simply does not add up - the amount of work is not 1000 times different, though the rewards are. And taking the risk to loose money is way different from taking the risk to loose health or life (thinking of that oil rig worker again).

I cannot imagine anyone working hard enough to own a mansion and a yacht - no single person could by regular work produce such a thing. The only way it works is by "working hard" to let others (employees) work harder and then reap from them.

They built it, its their company. If somebody wants to live like that, they can try building their own. Chances are however, its not going to work. This is because it takes dedication, knowledge, and an incredible self driven attitude to gain a respected position in the global economy. Most people either have no idea what to do, or just don't want to go through all that trouble. Those who do, and do it successfully (there are millions who have failed at it throughout the years) become rich from their accomplishments.

You cant penalize people for being successful. Would you harass a farmer for bringing in more crops than his neighbor? Of course not.

[redpaintednavi]

Originally Posted by Aihwa

They built it, its their company. If somebody wants to live like that, they can try building their own. Chances are however, its not going to work. This is because it takes dedication, knowledge, and an incredible self driven attitude to gain a respected position in the global economy. Most people either have no idea what to do, or just don't want to go through all that trouble. Those who do, and do it successfully (there are millions who have failed at it throughout the years) become rich from their accomplishments.

You cant penalize people for being successful. Would you harass a farmer for bringing in more crops than his neighbor? Of course not.

The truth is that many people who start and manage big coorporations do it because they are rather ruthless and have no hesitating in using other peoples skills and hard labour for their own benefit. They are using a socioeconomic system without the fullfillment of basic needs for people, thus forcing, or coercing, people without resources of their own to job in their companies against a reward (salary) that is extremely small compared with the revenue of those companies.