John Oliver wrote: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:24:30PM -0800, Neil Schneider wrote: >> Robert Donovan wrote: >> >> I've always thought that the >>> key difference between socialism and capitalism is that socialism is >>> based, ultimately, on coercion, whereas capitalism is based on >>> persuasion. >> All government is based upon coercion. > > Precisely. Hence, my statement that government is the problem and not > the solution, and my belief that less government is always preferable to > more government.
I read that as saying you would prefer to have _no_ government. Is that really what you wish for? Or, maybe you meant "always" to be taken somewhat casually. > > Check out > http://www.isil.org/resources/philosophy-of-liberty-english.swf > Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
