You seem incapable of separating capitalism with mercantilism. When government gets involved and offers "no bid contracts" in exchange for campaign contributions, THAT IS NOT CAPITALISM. When businesses make huge donations to promote restrictions on their competition, THAT IS NOT CAPITALISM.
Let me spell it out for you since you just don't get it. Capitalism = Freedom Capitalism is the free and voluntary exchange of goods, services, or money on a value for value basis and the value is determined by the market unhampered by government regulations, restrictions, or interference. It means every transaction is entered into voluntarily with all parties involved taking part in the transaction for their own benefit. It means all parties win in every transaction and no force or coercion is required. If businesses compete with each other and the owner of a business who is losing the competition uses violence against the other, that violence was not caused by capitalism. It was caused by a person taking part in a criminal act due to frustration from his own ability to compete. This is completely unrelated to capitalism. Do not be so foolish that you'd compare mercantilism on the part of businesses like Haliburton with actual capitalism. Any time you mention violence of any kind, it has no connection with capitalism. Any time you mention mixing of business and government, it has no connection with capitalism. Any time you mention government tampering with the markets and allowing politically influencial businesses special favors, IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH CAPITALISM!!! --- In [email protected], "Anna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, you think that wars are made by a government to feed their fancy, and not by the capitalists? Then what is Halliburton and Exxon doing in Iraq? > Anna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: mark robert > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:42 PM > Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Re: the truth.... > > > Unless "raw" capitalism is something different than free market, > your statement is quite incorrect. Wars are the product of the > most unlibertarian/uncapitalist aspect of society: governments. > > > > > > _____ > > > > Wars are the unavoidable effect of a raw capitalism. Sorry, but > you seem to reject the consequence. > A true libertarian must forsee the results of his actions. . > Anna > > > _____ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "Libertarian" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------ 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/
