RE: Capitalism: The Foundation of Human Life and Morality
August 4, 2013 at 2:01 pm
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2013 at 2:11 pm by Koolay.)
(July 31, 2013 at 8:00 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: One has to be careful when talking about complex paradigms like capitalism and its association with government, though.
It's not complex. Capitalists do not use violence to achieve their profits. Government does. The 'relationship' capitalists have with the government is that of the business end of a gun.
(July 31, 2013 at 8:00 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: I am in agreement 100% with a mixed economyIt's not a mixed economy... Government is not an economy at all but an anti-economy. Thieves don't add to an economy, they destroy it.
(July 31, 2013 at 8:00 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: because evidence (and history) shows us that's what works. going to either extreme generally gives bad results.
Really? So you must have lots of evidence at an 'extremely' peaceful society not initiating force against each other.
Saying that 'we need to mix government and capitalism' is like saying we need a mixture of love making and rapists. Or a mixture of thieves and traders.
Either all initiation of violence is wrong or it isn't, you can't just arbitrarily decide what is correct or not, you need to adhere to principles, or stop pretending to care about virtue.
(July 31, 2013 at 8:00 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: And what of all the disputes that don't get settled by eBay and result in further action? Who deals with those?
What about the legal system(s) that eBay are bound to operate under dependent on the state to which they are trading in?
All disputes get resolved by eBay and Paypal, the winner of the case then has the option to file a police report to the buyer/seller if they want to.
Well all companies have government 'law' enforced upon them. So I don't know what you want me to say.
It's like someone hundreds of years ago saying to someone "Show me a society without slavery that has been succusful!" Maybe if we stopped pointing guns, swords and whips at each other, we can find out.
The only freedom, is freedom from illusion.