From: Tommy McCabe (rocketjet314@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jan 04 2004 - 18:10:21 MST
--- "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
>
> Tommy McCabe <rocketjet314@yahoo.com> writes:
> > I am suggesting that the human trait of
> selfishness
> > (ie, goal systems that center around 'I'), which
> makes
> > capitalism necessary, or at least, vastly
> preferable,
> > to any society whose individuals have differing
> goals,
> > is not intristic to minds-in-general, and
> therefore
> > capitalism is not required for minds-in-general.
>
> In addition to reading a bit about economics, you
> might want to read a
> bit of Ayn Rand as well, if only to understand the
> consequences of
> what you are thinking.
Please elaborate. What consequences are you thinking
of? What was the original discussion topic anyway, and
what did it have to do with economics?
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