Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:21:26 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> Cc: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>, paul@freebsd-services.com, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: helping victims of terror Message-ID: <3BB61126.3321A396@mindspring.com> 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>
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Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > Terry Lambert said on Sep 28, 2001 at 01:57:09: > > Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > Capitalism is also a religion to many people in the US, because they > > > aren't willing to admit that there may be deficiencies in the > > > capitalist world view, that free markets don't cure all ills. It is > > > correct, everything else is wrong, infidel, dangerous. In the 1950s > > > many of America's best and brightest people were persecuted by this > > > capitalist (anti-communist) dogma. > > > > 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. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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