Anna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Financial competition fosters greed and exploitation. Show me one example > where it does not. > One single country where a peaceful capitalism thrives. > You are thinking in idealistic terms. You assume that people are naturally > just and honest. fact is, that people given opportunity to abuse, > will take it. Planning a political or social system can never be successful > until you take into consideration human character. > Communists did the same mistake believing that it is possible to condition a > person to be altruistic and work for common good. > As the practice has shown, people do not like to work for common good, only > for their own, nor they like to share an opportunity when it arises. > Capitalism on the other hand thrives on these traits. But it does not mean > that the results can be positive. Financial competition without a sense of > inner justice must always end in violence. To remedy, you need the laws. > But... when you introduce too many laws, it no longer is libertarian, is it? >
it makes no difference under capitalism what the motives are so long as the trade is fair and free. you dont stop shoping at your local corner store just because the owner is only interested in making a buck, procided you still get value for money. in this regard capitalism is superior to other systems because it is relatively motive independent. libertarian is not an absence of laws. there is always rule of law. law define the island of that one stays away from. the rest of the ocean is your to roam. Vic ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
