Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 00:36:47 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>, paul@freebsd-services.com, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: helping victims of terror Message-ID: <20010930003647.A501@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <3BB61126.3321A396@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 11:21:26AM -0700 References: <20010927205547.B69066@lpt.ens.fr> <20010927192517.AAA2063@shell.webmaster.com@whenever> <20010927213312.C69066@lpt.ens.fr> <3BB43B65.C3ED251F@mindspring.com> <20010928142314.B7471@lpt.ens.fr> <3BB61126.3321A396@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert said on Sep 29, 2001 at 11:21:26: > > > Standard Oil. IBM. Microsoft. Antitrust. Enough said. > > > > No, say some more. > > > > Antitrust is a capitalist idea. It is also a good idea, I happen to > > think, though the Republicans disagree. It doesn't follow that all > > capitalist ideas are good ideas, if that's what you're implying -- > > if not, I don't understand what you're implying at all. > > I'm pointing out that your statement "free markets don't cure > all ills" is not applicable to the U.S., since its markets > are not free markets, they are controlled. In other words, > Capitalism != Free Markets. Hang on. Antitrust == Free Markets. It's in a way the whole point; no socialist or communist country has such a concept. The point is that you cannot have competition with a monopoly or cartels controlling supply, and the point of free markets is to have competition. I absolutely don't follow your arguments at all; I suspect you don't yourself. R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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