On May 22, 2:01 am, "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
