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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by logicchains on Thursday March 30, 2017 @01:11AM (#13993081)
People have a natural right to the results of others' toils solely by virtue of having been born?
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by milesrout on Thursday March 30, 2017 @04:46AM (#13993832)
People have a natural right to a fair share of society's toils solely be virtue of being human beings, yes, absolutely.

What you have is not the result of your toils.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by metaphorm on Thursday March 30, 2017 @11:28AM (#13996199)
> What you have is not the result of your toils.

be careful with your phrasing. better to say "What you have is not solely the result of your toils."

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by vixen99 on Thursday March 30, 2017 @03:10AM (#13993514)
We could remedy that by taking privileged children away from their toiling parents who provide them with advantages not available to other kids.
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by Nadya on Thursday March 30, 2017 @03:15AM (#13993536)
Ah, the "Don't read to your children" approach [0]. Don't worry, I know you weren't being serious. Sadly some people are.

[0] http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417997/professor-if-yo...

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by rorykoehler on Thursday March 30, 2017 @04:13AM (#13993725)
That's kind of why the West is rich ... well it wasn't so natural but hundreds of years of on-going colonialism made it so.
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