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RE: Libertarian Ron Paul and his racism again
May 25, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Why unfetterd capitalism fails is dealt with in episode 1 of the superb series 'all watched over by machines of loving grace'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01...and_Power/
Quote:The film tells the story of two perfect worlds. One is the small group of disciples around the novelist Ayn Rand in the 1950s. They saw themselves as a prototype for a future society where everyone could follow their own selfish desires. The other is the global utopia that digital entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley set out to create in the 1990s. Many of them were also disciples of Ayn Rand. They believed that the new computer networks would allow the creation of a society where everyone could follow their own desires, yet there would not be anarchy. They were joined by Alan Greenspan who had also been a disciple of Ayn Rand. He became convinced that the computers were creating a new kind of stable capitalism - "Like a New Planet", he said.
But the dream of stability in both worlds would be torn apart by the two dynamic human forces - love and power.
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RE: Libertarian Ron Paul and his racism again
May 27, 2011 at 1:23 am
The whole issue of racism was egged on by government interference. The doctrine of "separate but equal" was issued by the government. Of course, most of the country would have fallen under segregation with out the government interference, but it would have been a lot easier to break away from if it had not been instituted as law.
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RE: Libertarian Ron Paul and his racism again
May 27, 2011 at 6:21 am
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2011 at 7:53 am by Jaysyn.)
(May 27, 2011 at 1:23 am)Dean-o Wrote: The whole issue of racism was egged on by government interference. The doctrine of "separate but equal" was issued by the government. Of course, most of the country would have fallen under segregation with out the government interference, but it would have been a lot easier to break away from if it had not been instituted as law.
If not enforced by law, it would have been completely ignored where I live. There are still some places here you just don't go if you are black
OR white & value your safety. Not the same places of course.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
