Yes. I have disagreed with you and with Gruss on where such laws are necessary (or preferable) but I'll go for the basic premise that the number of such laws should be minimized.
But I think that the great danger of pure capitalism is that it creates and enables an addiction amongst certain people who want more and more money and more and more power. With millions at their disposal they lobby to not have to pay taxes. And people with less money become a mass of wants for material things. Must have latest software, model year car, newest gadget, whatever. There is great freedom in realizing that you don't need that crap and that this is one of the ways the world is currently perverted. That said, capitalism does allow for a far greater degree of innovation and personal reinvention that other systems as far as I can tell, and that can only be good. It is not the bureaucrats and the functionaries who improve life on this planet. Dana On 1/10/06, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pollution is an excellent example. > > Pollution is going to hurt individuals. The health risks violate the rights > of the individual. Therefore there should be legislation as to what/how > much pollution is an acceptable trade off. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:51 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Next in line to be labelled Dictator by America > > > > Actually, not really. It's one of those things undreamt of in > > your philosophy. I want to be comfortable but don't really > > care about being rich. Just because it can explain most > > behavior does not mean that it always does so accurately. > > > > One flaw in your reasoning - it does not take into account > > improvements that do not generate income, that people make > > anyway. Nor does it take into account situations where > > someone else pays the price for the enrichment of another > > party, pollution being an example of this. > > > > As for the don't tell me what I think comment, Gruss, you are > > doing it to Gel, and to me, as well. > > > > Dana > > > > On 1/9/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dana wrote: > > > > Larry what we have here is the utilitarian philosophy run > > amok. It > > > > is a reasonably valid if somewhat depressing system of thought. > > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean here, but speaking of charity > > that's how I > > > like to think of spending. > > > > > > Like anything, greed run amok is a bad thing. When people steal or > > > kill for stuff, that's not good. But when people endeavor to excel > > > (because of their greed) they create wealth: > > > > > > * A more effective system of teaching. > > > * A new procedure for heart surgery. > > > * A way to grow more nutritious vegetables. > > > > > > Capitalism, when used within an egalitarian legal system, > > turns greed > > > into public works. It allows us to pursue our passions and > > turns our > > > efforts into the input for others passions. > > > > > > So let's be honest: you want that new PS3, to take that new polisci > > > class, or maybe just a beer. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191424 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
