StroppyChops wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2017 4:56 pm

Luigi wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2017 4:51 pm ''Edit: I should mention I'm a global member of the Internet Society which is very opposed to people buying domain names with the sole purpose of selling them at a higher price.

I know less than nothing of how all that works but since when is it a faux pas to buy something for a price & resell at a higher price. I thought that is capitalism working.

Then you have zero understanding of the ethic and spirit of the global sharing of Internet resources.

Edit: Let me rephrase for clarity. Imagine there's a finite supply of water for a closed community. There is enough for everyone to freely have what they need for a comfortable life, but only if they share on a fair-use basis. But three men get to the water supply ahead of the rest of the village, and take the better quality water and stockpile it, knowing that someone will come along who needs/wants that water, and will pay the men for it. And so this happens, and the three men steadily get wealthy. Here are the take-home points:

This hypothetical village is a non-capitalist society, people use just what they need and share finite resources
The water was a community resource
The three men had no right to take more than their share
The other villagers are now paying for a resource that was theirs anyway
The fact that no-one forbade those three men from taking the best water for the sole purpose of selling it for a profit does not make it acceptable

Luigi wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2017 5:29 pm

StroppyChops wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2017 4:56 pm

Luigi wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2017 4:51 pm ''Edit: I should mention I'm a global member of the Internet Society which is very opposed to people buying domain names with the sole purpose of selling them at a higher price.

I know less than nothing of how all that works but since when is it a faux pas to buy something for a price & resell at a higher price. I thought that is capitalism working.

Then you have zero understanding of the ethic and spirit of the global sharing of Internet resources.

Edit: Let me rephrase for clarity. Imagine there's a finite supply of water for a closed community. There is enough for everyone to freely have what they need for a comfortable life, but only if they share on a fair-use basis. But three men get to the water supply ahead of the rest of the village, and take the better quality water and stockpile it, knowing that someone will come along who needs/wants that water, and will pay the men for it. And so this happens, and the three men steadily get wealthy. Here are the take-home points:

This hypothetical village is a non-capitalist society, people use just what they need and share finite resources
The water was a community resource
The three men had no right to take more than their share
The other villagers are now paying for a resource that was theirs anyway
The fact that no-one forbade those three men from taking the best water for the sole purpose of selling it for a profit does not make it acceptable

''Then you have zero understanding of the ethic and spirit of the global sharing of Internet resources.

Well I think that was the preface of my reply.
That is certainly an interesting analogie. Pause for thought.