Reply #161: Why would Jesus do anything worth doing? [View All]

[Selatius]

I don't buy the argument that money is a prerequisite for anybody wanting to do anything. If you don't like socialism, that's fine.

The simple fact of the matter is that you directly or indirectly benefit from socialism whether you like it or not. Try and live life without social programs such as Social Security or the public education system. Those are forms of socialism where people have pooled their resources together for the common good where everyone has a stake. They are non-profit institutions that were established to serve the people, not to make a profit. This is not the case in for-profit institutions where ownership is usually limited to a few people and where the decisions made may or may not reflect the interests of the population at large.

What about artists, authors, and inventors who never got rich yet continued doing what they do? Jesus never got rich. Was Jimi Hendrix playing for the money? Or was he playing for the soul?

I don't want mediocre artists who are just in it to make money. I want singers who got soul, and I don't care if they end up dying in their own pool of puke. At least they put their fucking heart in the words they sang.