andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 2-1-2011 23:12, Warp wrote:
> > andrel<byt### [at] gmailcom>  wrote:
> >> Wait a minute, are you really claiming that the white race is superior here?
> >
> >    Are you seriously expecting me not to get offended by such a comment?

> Why on earth would I want to offend you? What would I gain by that?

  Not all offence is intentional.

  I don't understand where the racial thing suddenly came up. I wasn't even
thinking about races when I wrote that. I was thinking about (idealistic)
socialism vs. capitalism, and the idea that it's somehow unfair that there
vast differences in social classes and wealth distribution.

> Now suddenly you claim that 
> the elite (people born from well off parents) should be in charge.

  You should read what I was responding to. Also, I didn't say that.
I said that more *talented* people should be awarded and allowed to
succeed, rather than forcing them down to the same line as everybody
else, no matter how "unfair" the idea of some people succeeding (eg.
by getting richer) might seem.

  I don't even have to quote myself because you do it perfectly:

> To quote you: "The brilliant people are actually stopped from achieving 
> innovation because they are forced to stand back. No matter how "unfair" 
> it might be, but some people just are naturally more talented, 
> intelligent and capable than others. This is just a fact of life and we 
> have to live with it. Rather than complain about how unfair this is, the 
> society as a whole benefits if these "elite" people are given the 
> opportunity to thrive, to innovate, to drive progress. Moreover, they 
> should actually been given incentive (eg. monetary) to do so."

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                                                          - Warp

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