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[GJABS]

They've run out of benzine too.....

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Yes, but maybe the last one was 99,999 years ago ...

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• 2 Minutes: A 900 metres (3,000 ft) thick dome of water rises above the landslide.^[37]
• 5 Minutes: The dome collapses to a height of 500 metres (1,600 ft) as it advances by 50 kilometres (31 mi); additionally, wave valleys form.^[37]
• 10 Minutes: The landslide is now over. Waves reaching heights

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[GJABS]

But people doing a 50-hour week even on min wage are not the biggest benefit claimants. And I'm not saying they should work harder. Though perhaps they need to work smarter or get a different job better suited to their abilities in order to be more productive. I'm talking about the shirkers who intentionally...

[GJABS]

How do you define what is "constructive and creative"?
I would argue the only way to do this is to ask other people to pay you with their own money if they think you are offering this. = capitalism.

Looking back through history there are so many times when wealth is destroyed...

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Those who live off inheritance don't generally claim benefits, so are not (directly) a drag on society.
As to the second point, in a capitalist society if you make money, it is because someone has chosen to pay you. And that happens only when you've produced something they value for some reas...

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Well that pre-supposes that such third-world countries are trying to improve themselves. I would suggest that many are happy with the status quo.

But my "scheme" should not adversely affect those countries (with the caveat that they have enough land to support the newcomers) because...

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I think work IS a virtue, almost all of the time. Regardless of who benefits from the work in terms of receiving the money from its completion, what work produces is of value to people and makes their lives better....

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I think that's right.

One way you could make this "dream" come true is to identify the bone-idle shirkers from among Britain's population, and ship them out to third world countries with low land and accommodation costs. In some ways that would be a good idea. Make benefits conditional...