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Re: Does it do that?
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mike3 |
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Re: Does it do that? |
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22 May 2007 11:38:27 -0700 |
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On May 22, 2:01 am, "Alfred M. Szmidt" <a...@gnu.org> wrote:
> > > What if you want to make a huge amount of money to use
> > > for _good_, world-benefitting purposes?
> > >
> > > What if I enslave millions of people so I can have them work
> > > on solving the issues of poverty, our energy needs,
> > > polution? The question is meaningless since the `what if'
> > > bit is to big.
> >
> > So then how do you solve said issues?
> >
> > If I knew how, they I would have solved it.
>
> I was not asking for specifics on how to do it, but rather if it is
> *possible* to do it in what you consider a "morally acceptable"
> way.
>
> Again, if I knew how to do it, then I would solve it. You also imply
> that it is only possible to do good by doing bad, which is absurd.
>
So then there _are_ other ways to get whatever the needed amount
of money is. That's the question -- not how or what to do the "world-
benefitting" activity, but how to get whatever money may be needed.
> > Can I go off and start my own renewable energy company even
> > though I have nowhere near the cash to build even the smallest
> > of manufacturing plants?
> >
> > You have to start somewhere.
>
> But could a free software business provide enough money to start
> those other businesses?
>
> Sure.
>
> And like it or not, you do need money to do things in this world.
> Maybe you can't solve everything with just money, but if you have
> no money or very little money, you are in a much worse position to
> do things than if you have more money.
>
> Ofcourse.
So then, I guess there isn't really a problem insofar as getting the
needed money, then.
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