"Liberty produces wealth, and wealth destroys liberty"
Henry Demarest Lloyd. Wealth Against the Commonwealth. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1898

 

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 1995. "[Ramzi] Yousef was flown back to the United States, and into New York, where an outstanding indictment for the WTC 1993 bombing awaited him. As the plane landed, an FBI agent pointed out the World Trade Center towers to the terrorist, and commented, 'They're still standing.'. 'They wouldn't be if I had enough money and explosives,' Yousef reportedly responded".

September 11, 2001. Bin Laden's attack to the WTC. The Twin Towers collapsed, killing thousands. The money had finally been found...
Could bin Laden have done what he did, starting the chain of death and suffering he has started,  if he hadn't had the money? And should we say nothing about the money being the reason for Bin Laden's hatred?
If Bin Laden's resources had amounted to less than, say, US$1,000,000, thousands of people would be still be alive today. And how many people would have escaped death and suffering, and would escape death and suffering every day, if no man on earth was allowed to own more than US$1,000,000?
What for should anyone need assets of more than US$1,000,000? 
How on earth could anyone acquire honestly more than US$1,000,000?
How can you keep a straight face when saying that law enforcers can enforce the respect of law on people whose "worth" is more than US$1,000,000?

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS!
DO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, YOU IDIOTS THAT ARE HAPPY TO LET CHILDISH SELF-CONCEITED ROBBERS TO OWN MONEY AND ASSETS WITHOUT LIMITS JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME AND  HOPE YOU WILL! 

LIMIT WEALTH INTERNATIONAL DISAVOWS THE USE OF VIOLENCE, EXCEPT PSYCHOLOGICAL.
YOUR ONLY ACCEPTABLE ACTION IS TO STOP BUYING LUXURY GOODS AND SERVICES OF ANY KIND AND TO SHOW OPEN CONTEMPT IN ALL SOCIAL OCCASIONS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACCUMULATED TOO MUCH WEALTH.

 

Owning wealth means owning security, and the drive to own wealth is therefore a basic one. As security is never too much, it is likewise quite natural that the human beings' drive to own wealth knows no limits. This is the way things are: is this also the way things should be? In the name of civilization, we have set limits to certain human drives and rights. Should we set limits to the drive to own wealth, too? Stated more clearly, should we set limits to the amount of wealth a person has a right to own? I believe we should. Wealth means power, and if power is accumulated without limits in one person's hands, the democratic system collapses. Democracy exists on the assumption that all citizens share equal power--we all do know that it is not possible to guarantee such equality of power all the way through the smallest nuances and details, and therefore accepting real world imperfections is inevitable and thus excusable: yet, letting greedy, psychologically disturbed, selfish, anti-social elements break down our democratic society is neither necessary nor excusable. Upscale crime and terrorism are made possible, practically and psychologically, by the lack of limits to the wealth/power a person may acquire. The complexity of our society, far from being a reason to go on without limits to individual wealth/power, is a compelling reason to start thinking and acting towards the setting of such limits. Freedom of enterprise (which is not freedom to get rich) is at stake. Democracy is at stake. Our very civilization is at stake. Let's join forces to save our civilization. Let's join forces to say "Stop!" to the limitless accumulation of wealth.

Antonio E. M. Attanasio, M. D. 

 
Send your comments There are people who can afford almost anything--the trouble is, our society can no longer afford them.
If our society is to survive, we must give ourselves a new set of morals.
The "limit wealth" proposal is not the only one addressing this problem. The links page may give you further ideas and is open to suggestions. 

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