*William Makepeace Thackeray - credited by oxford* The origin of the word âcapitalistâ is of much earlier vintage: in French, A. R. J. Turgot (1727-1781) used âcapitalisteâ in his essay, âReflection on the Formation and Distribution of Wealthâ (1769-1770), and WilliamGodwin used its English version, âcapitalistâ, in his Political Justice (1794).
And Marx was the first to use it to describe an all encompassing system of economics, so yeah...... *Did you read what you linked?* *I did...* *Guess what, it doesn't say what you think it says.* *Adam Smith was not it's originator, nor did he use it. He is the topic of the blog, and was part of the discussion of different words to use due to the stigma attached with the word; which is a total defense of the exact point I made, even mentioned that although Marx did not coin the word, he did popularize it.* *And I've read a bit, but it's so damned dry.....* On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > So Adam Smith, the writer of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of > the Wealth of Nations, and originator of the idea of Free Enterprise, > is a Communist? Wow given that he lived well before Marx and Engels > that's pretty impressive. > > > http://adamsmithslostlegacy.blogspot.com/2009/01/free-capitalist-13-january-here-carries.html > > Given how much of a libertarian you are Tim you really need to read > Adam Smith instead of parroting talking points that are quite wrong. > > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 12:06 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 1. The word capitalism was created for communists > > > > 2. The system that is supposed to describe hasn't and probably can't > exist > > in its pure form, much like communism > > > > 3. There are actual leeches on the system. That is when I've seen the > > word used, think back to old dirty bastard picking up his welfare check > in > > the limo > > > > 4. The general inclusive, negative connotations of all those words make > > this lacking in any specificity, it's general enough to mean almost > > everyone can fit on either side of his point > > > > He didn't say anything, but it sure made you feel good > > > > On May 12, 2014 12:01 PM, "Jerry Milo Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Did you read any of the actual words on that image? > >> > >> It was a direct response to the organized narrative from the right > calling > >> anyone without a job a parasite. > >> > >> It was pointing out the incorrect nature of that word as it is used by > > that > >> talking point. > >> > >> And it suggested that the word would more correctly apply to a different > >> group of people. > >> > >> Following the definition, those who are job creators would NOT be > >> parasites, would they? > >> But those that live off the host, without contributing, (as in taking > but > >> NOT creating jobs) would more likely fit the definition. > >> > >> I thought it was a well-crafted response. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:45 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > So we use a word coined by Marx to indict the people with the means to > >> > actually employ others. > >> > > >> > Nice. > >> > > >> > When you show me a single "capitalist" free market economy we'll talk. > >> > On May 12, 2014 11:37 AM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/files/2014/05/jason-read.jpg > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370064 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
