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by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:30 pm
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Jonas wrote:That looks very American.
Well actually my gun was built by Russians at Tula in 1944 to kill Nazi's but yes the right to bear arms is very American(and Swiss I suppose).
by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:55 pm
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I'm the guy in the middle holding a Mosin Nagant wearing my polycarbonate prescription shooting glasses. The other two are my best friends.
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by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:43 pm
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"But capitalism utilizes rational self-interest which is a very real human trait unlike communism which requires collective interest. A system the requires rational self-interest is very possible and not just in theory." I don't know, it seems like objectivism is the reverse of communism, where ins...
by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:40 am
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Read that whole list: they also have subsidized and public housing, a post office, a government University Grants Comittee, an Environmental Protection Department, Public higways, regulatory boards that create regulations and certifications for all major trades, Public Radio, etc. I just don't see ...
by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:41 am
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Hong_Kong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_departments_and_agencies_in_Hong_Kong They even have a narcotics division. -Gelo Yes I am fully aware that Hong Kong does not have the civil liberties that would be allowed in a true capitalist society. Wou...
by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:32 am
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If you can show me even a city government that ran that way for even 5 years, I'd be surprised beyond all measure. -Gelo Hong Kong is the closest a city has ever come to capitalism. It has a very laissez-faire economic system. It wouldn't be too far of a stretch to extend individual liberties in th...
by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:24 am
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"Aslong as the military was purely defensive, the police force did not enforce laws with victimless crime(drugs for instance), and the court system fined people for bringing frivilous lawsuits into the court system the government could be run on extremely low amounts of tax money or even from priva...
by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:18 am
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"I gave two definitions for capitalism. The economic form and the social syetem. " You can give all the definitions you want, but capitalism is: "an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly b...
by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:44 am
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"in capitalism the government is only 3 things: Police, Military, Court System." No, in Capitalism, as you stated before, the only defining factor is that private individuals own the capital. So actually in pure capitalism, you technically don't need police, military, or a court system. All you nee...
by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:07 am
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Hey Choke, I think you nailed the 'libertarian' conundrum on the head: "How exactly do "Big players bully smaller players out and stop them from entering the market" without using the power of the government? Are they going to use guns or threat of force to keep people from entering the market? Thi...
by Solid_Choke
Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:33 am
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Market failure is when a capitalistic system stops becomming free by its own workings. So, yes, harmful monopolies can and do occur without the help of the government. Think seriously about a world where the government has no influence in human economic affairs. Big players bully smaller players ou...
by Solid_Choke
Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:02 pm
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I am going to disregard your request and reply to your post anyway, neener neener neeeneeeer ;) Ahem. Personally, I'm rather happy with the current Scandinavian system. At least up until we started going all paranoid and isolationistic. Our system is based on a free market economy regulated by rule...
by Solid_Choke
Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:36 pm
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Correct, I can't speak for Jonas, but when I think Democracy, I don't imagine an Athenian "true democracy" but rather a Constitutional Republic. Regarding economics, I went to a university that was militantly free market and came out of it with the conclusion that the only way that a totally free m...
by Solid_Choke
Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:21 pm
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Well, personally I think that that any management system, including government, should be tailored to fit the situation (i.e. a family is probably better run with more 'statism' than democracy). That being said, I agree with Jonas that democracy seems to be the best form of government so far, since...
by Solid_Choke
Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:53 pm
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Jonas wrote:Yeah, what Gelo said.
Oh come on guys I wanted to debate capitalism vs. statism. No one wants to take a bite? 8)