From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Thu Sep 28 2000 - 13:28:04 MDT
"Spudboy" asks,
> ...is capitalism a means or an end in itself? Or are you saying that
> capitalists don't do dangerous things to other people? Why not just judge the
> capitalist or socialist by behavior-rather then public relations?
Nobody invented "capitalism" so it isn't really an "ism" at all. It is the
natural order of things. It is neither a means nor an end. It is the way things
work. Free marketers (capitalists) need to do more than "dangerous" things to
anti-capitalists. They need to cure anti-capitalists of their neurosis. We can
*not* really judge the capitalist or socialist by behavior, because we can't
kill Stalin thirty million times. (He caused the death of at least thirty
millions.)
--J. R.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than
the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your
counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your
chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our
countrymen."
--Samuel Adams
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