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OneGrassRoot

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8. Good question...

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 03:06 PM

Dec 2011

and that's the gist of the conversation I'd like to have.

I know I can approach it from the other end of the spectrum more easily. The examples I gave in the link in the OP...billionaires with planes, yachts, multiple homes.

That is selfishness and greed. The accumulation of so many resources (money and power) in the hands of a few is causing unnecessary suffering around the world.

Maybe we can work our way down from there to identify what we each feel is okay and not okay given the gross inequality we face which causes suffering.

Preparing and stocking up -- for various reasons -- is simply common sense, imho.

At what point does it impact many others? I don't know. But I don't think the example of regular people stocking up on basic supplies is an example of hoarding that causes others to suffer.

I guess defining hoarding, and the hoarding of what -- and accumulation and accumulation of what -- would be helpful in such a discussion.

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Thriving [View all] OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 OP

I struggle with this too OGR mntleo2 Dec 2011 #1

Your 2 cents are always priceless, Cat... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #4

at what point does preparation or saving become hoarding? magical thyme Dec 2011 #6

Good question... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #8

To me this is *not* hoarding ... mntleo2 Dec 2011 #11

If you never eat the food BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #14

Personally, I do feel there is something wrong with wealth mntleo2 Dec 2011 #20

This should be an op-ed. OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #21

so much to say FirstLight Dec 2011 #2

I struggle with the inequities magical thyme Dec 2011 #3

The two words that come to mind all the time... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #5

Hoarding Celebration Dec 2011 #7

See my reply #6. OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #9

yes, I am not in favor of conspicuous consumption Celebration Dec 2011 #10

Do you personally... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #12

eh, no, I don't really think there should be imposed limits on wealth Celebration Dec 2011 #23

That would be a much more perfect world indeed. OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #24

I've thought about this and acted many ways BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #13

Absolutely...thriving, "wealth"... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #15

I really don't know.. Why Syzygy Dec 2011 #16

LOL! OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #17

Amen to THAT, LOL! mntleo2 Dec 2011 #18

I'm not antagonistic to the idea that a person can have too much. bigmonkey Dec 2011 #19

Perhaps... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #22

Something else.. Why Syzygy Dec 2011 #25

Most of the 1%'ers (though not all, imho)... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #26

Limiting income Why Syzygy Dec 2011 #27

Thank you :) OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #28

I think I misread Why Syzygy Dec 2011 #29

Yep, you're right, of course. OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #30