On 2/1/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > gMoney wrote: > > No no no. A radical capitalist bullies you out of the market with his > money > > might. > > I suppose, but the principle that capitalism rests on is this: > > Every person is inherently greedy; however if each is allowed to earn > according to her abilities and motivation - to compete fairly with > others - usually, their greed placated, they will become benevolent.
Isn't this like saying anarchy would be the best system, because it's closest to "how things are" or whatnot? Sorry Gruss, I don't buy it. The word "fair" makes me shiver a little. ;-] And seriously, I know you looked at the wikipedia def for it, it's pretty obvious from there that the term doesn't really mean much. Perhaps sorta how socialism has been perverted into something which it didn't used to mean? Socialism, on the other hand, views humanity as it wishes we were. It > attempts to force people into being benevolent by imposing government > restrictions on their means to work and acquire capital. It's all about the restrictions, G-maing! That's what I meant about the devil in the details. Same goes for your earlier 3 prong theory about the .gub-- sure, it sounds nice on paper, but actually defining what some of those key words mean can swing the whole idea 'round about. In the end, black market capitalism springs up because: > > 1.) No matter how hard you try to deny it, people are greedy and, > therefore, capitalist by their very nature, and > > 2.) Those that make the rules are humans and, therefore, greedy. And yet, here in capitalist central, we've still got black markets. Now is that because we're not 'bout it 'bout it, really, or because of some other factor(s)? I seriously doubt this is about capital, per se. Heh. Yeah, game theory is probably an interesting field, neh? Free and fair market capitalism is the ONLY workable human economic > system because it's the only system based on who we truly are. Last I checked, we weren't too sure who we truly were. It depresses me to think we're greedy at heart, so I'm not gonna think it. Woot! Problem solved. =] Seriously tho, I think there are many systems that would work-- there is a lot more going on than it's easy to put on paper, or whatnot. I like the "time" chits, a la Slippery Jim Bolivar D-maing. Maing. Sounds like a pretty fun kind of "money", ya know? =] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226523 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
