From: Matt Gingell (mjg223@is7.nyu.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 26 1999 - 16:28:14 MDT
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From: J. R. Molloy <jr@shasta.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: Oh, those gaussians (Was: Twin Studies)
>Yes, someone once pointed out to me that no one invented capitalism. It
>arises spontaneously from the natural order of life. Knowing that changes
>forever the way one looks at socialist ideology.
This is only true if you're talking about capitalism in a very abstract sense.
Keep in mind that capitalism as we know it could not exist without inventions
like intellectual property, contract law, the limited liability corporation,
etc. I don't see any of these things as more self-evident than some socialistic
notions - for instance the right of workers to form unions and bargain
collectively.
-matt
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