From: Miriam English (miriam@werple.net.au)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 19:04:15 MDT
At 10:42 AM 30/08/2001 -0700, Samantha Atkins 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.
But it was a classic clash between the haves and have-nots.
This is what we have to be careful of for the future.
Cheers,
- Miriam
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