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LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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| Autor: | pat |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 08/MAI/2003 8:41 AM |
| Assunto: | Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) |
| Mensagem: |
Jose, I agree, the majority of people in the world must work. How much they are compensated for it depends on their local economy. Miguel, you are still in the grip of your young and idealistic fervor. But answer me this: If every person in the USA automatically had a nearly equal piece of the "pie" (wealth), what would happen to the economy - day to day ordinary business? I think you can imagine quite well what would happen. It would create a ridiculous and untenable situation for everyone. Money would quickly become worthless, the stored "wealth" would soon be exhausted, and the ordinary things that nobody was making would become hugely valuable. Quite soon things would be uneven again. The reality is that the more wealth a society has, the more extreme the differences must be. Most people need a strong motivation to do the dull tasks that the economy requires. There will always be a minority that lives on the excess. My own goal is to be rich in disposable time. To do work I want to do when I want to. If one craves the trappings of "wealth" one will be distracted and never achieve such a goal. And the more people who do that, the less wealth there will be for the wealthy. |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – Miguel Vieira 03/MAI/2003, 5:24 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – pat 04/MAI/2003, 9:51 AM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – Miguel Vieira 04/MAI/2003, 1:35 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – pat 05/MAI/2003, 8:21 AM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – Miguel Vieira 05/MAI/2003, 12:09 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – pat 05/MAI/2003, 2:02 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – Miguel Vieira 05/MAI/2003, 4:50 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – pat 06/MAI/2003, 7:53 AM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – Miguel Vieira 07/MAI/2003, 2:21 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – José Roberto 
07/MAI/2003, 3:07 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – Miguel Vieira 07/MAI/2003, 7:54 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – José Roberto 07/MAI/2003, 8:41 PM 
Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – pat 08/MAI/2003, 8:41 AM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – Miguel Vieira 08/MAI/2003, 1:45 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – pat 09/MAI/2003, 8:21 AM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – Miguel Vieira 09/MAI/2003, 3:02 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – pat 10/MAI/2003, 8:57 AM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – Miguel Vieira 10/MAI/2003, 1:24 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – pat 12/MAI/2003, 6:15 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – José Roberto 12/MAI/2003, 9:48 PM Re: African American Vernacular English (AAVE) – pat 13/MAI/2003, 8:16 AM