Money vs real love

Moodrets
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:50:15 +0000

Hmmm, how about this alternative question: Would you rather completely and fully embrace **chastity /B, **poverty <a href=“here%20the%20question%20will%20split%20–%20poverty%20as%20defined%20by%20the%20US%20government%20and%20%5BI%5Dextreme%5B/I%5D%20poverty%20as%20defined%20by%20the%20world%20bank.%20Oh,%20and%20if%20one%20chooses%20something%20other%20than%20this,%20then%20please%20assign%20a%20monetary%20value%20to%20the%20other%20two%20–%20how%20much%20would%20you%20need%20to%20make%20in%20order%20to%20not%20renounce%20love%20(eros)%20or%20liberty”>/B, or **obedience/B.

In order of undesirability, I would list them as obedience, chastity, poverty (for US poverty) and poverty, obedience, chastity (for extreme poverty, and given a relatively minor chain of obedience. I’d never trade my liberty for security, of course).

I would value chastity and obedience up to the point of having all my physiological needs met (to within a reasonable degree of security – ie no threat of sudden starvation, or constant fear of death by murder, or whatever. I’d be willing to go hungry or put myself in some peril, though, in order to not have to remain chaste or obedient.