From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 11:42:54 MDT
Lee Corbin wrote:
>
> Zero writes
>
> > Unrestrained capitalism (think early industrial US) leads to huge
> > discrepancies in the distribution of wealth, which leads to social
> > unrest (think the early labor movement) and even upheaval (think
> > French Revolution).
Uh, the French Revolution was a revolution against the ruling
class, against aristocracy and subjection by force and the lack
of freedom to one's own life and to rise. It was in no way a
revolution against capitalism, unrestrained or otherwise.
-s.
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