Too much of this for too long, and civil war is guaranteed

Skybird · 08-21-18, 11:29 AM

Images indeed can say much more than words.

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-45257901

Either reason solves this, or violence will.

WE. ARE. TOO. MANY.

Jimbuna · 08-21-18, 01:31 PM

The world has always been populated by those who have and those who have not and I don't see it changing very soon.

Skybird · 08-21-18, 02:09 PM

The fuse and the detonator are as long harmless as you keep them far apart. And a nuclear warhead is as long harmless as no critical mass has been acchieved.

Those images are not illustrating a situation that can hold out forever. Too close. Too many. In sight of each other. Pressure rising. Not good.

STEED · 08-22-18, 02:08 PM

The rich are the most miserable bunch of people on the planet. They have it all and still they want more as deep down they know they are deeply unhappy.

Armistead · 08-22-18, 09:56 PM

Looks like San Francisco

Jimbuna · 08-23-18, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

The rich are the most miserable bunch of people on the planet. They have it all and still they want more as deep down they know they are deeply unhappy.

Well you'd certainly know all about that wouldn't you?

STEED · 08-23-18, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Well you'd certainly know all about that wouldn't you?

I'm poor and happy thank you.

l02turner · 08-23-18, 07:56 PM

Being rich doesn't bring happiness. But being poor won't make you happy either. Happiness comes from with-in, not the size of a bank acct.

Being wealthy provides options, being poor takes them away.

Larry

August · 08-23-18, 08:59 PM

Money doesn't buy happiness but being poor sucks.

AVGWarhawk · 08-24-18, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Money doesn't buy happiness but being poor sucks.

However, it does buy a lot of other things.

Skybird · 08-24-18, 01:45 PM

Money may just be a tool, but as such it can buy you satisfaction. Adress your vital needs. Can buy you relief. Can even buy you happiness, although that will be of temporary nature only.

If you do not beleive it, then try to survive in the civilized world without money. Chances are all you will get that way is unhappiness, and despair.

Never underestimate to have the right tool available for the right task, at the right time.

And please, nobody now trying to adress that clichée once again that you cannot eat gold. Try to eat if you have no "gold". Difficult.

We ought to have as if having nothing, should own things without attachment to them, and without too much love for temporary things - else we face disappointment again sooner or later since we love temporary things then, and what is temporary only cannot last and will leave us again.

Where this is not understood, money possesses even him who claims he despises money. You can be a millionaire and not being owned by things - while you also can refuse money: but only because you are obsessed with it.

Have money, and the degrees of freedom in your life will raise. Have no money, and your degrees of freedom in your life will shrink.

08-21-18, 11:29 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Too much of this for too long, and civil war is guaranteed Images indeed can say much more than words. https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-45257901 Either reason solves this, or violence will. WE. ARE. TOO. MANY. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

08-21-18, 01:31 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The world has always been populated by those who have and those who have not and I don't see it changing very soon. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-21-18, 02:09 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The fuse and the detonator are as long harmless as you keep them far apart. And a nuclear warhead is as long harmless as no critical mass has been acchieved. Those images are not illustrating a situation that can hold out forever. Too close. Too many. In sight of each other. Pressure rising. Not good. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

08-22-18, 02:08 PM	#4
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	The rich are the most miserable bunch of people on the planet. They have it all and still they want more as deep down they know they are deeply unhappy. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-22-18, 09:56 PM	#5
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Looks like San Francisco __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

08-23-18, 07:56 PM	#8
l02turner Soundman Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Va Posts: 143 Downloads: 167 Uploads: 0	re: Too much of this for too long and civil war is guaranteed Being rich doesn't bring happiness. But being poor won't make you happy either. Happiness comes from with-in, not the size of a bank acct. Being wealthy provides options, being poor takes them away. Larry

08-23-18, 08:59 PM	#9
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Money doesn't buy happiness but being poor sucks. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

08-24-18, 01:45 PM	#11
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Money may just be a tool, but as such it can buy you satisfaction. Adress your vital needs. Can buy you relief. Can even buy you happiness, although that will be of temporary nature only. If you do not beleive it, then try to survive in the civilized world without money. Chances are all you will get that way is unhappiness, and despair. Never underestimate to have the right tool available for the right task, at the right time. And please, nobody now trying to adress that clichée once again that you cannot eat gold. Try to eat if you have no "gold". Difficult. We ought to have as if having nothing, should own things without attachment to them, and without too much love for temporary things - else we face disappointment again sooner or later since we love temporary things then, and what is temporary only cannot last and will leave us again. Where this is not understood, money possesses even him who claims he despises money. You can be a millionaire and not being owned by things - while you also can refuse money: but only because you are obsessed with it. Have money, and the degrees of freedom in your life will raise. Have no money, and your degrees of freedom in your life will shrink. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 08-25-18 at 05:56 AM.