[Craig, previously] > In general my complaint is against the following kind of reasoning: > Step 1) Take a concept like freedom (or meaning). > Step 2) Define it in an EXTREME way. > ...In contrast to this “strawman” mode of reasoning, consider > concepts on a spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, markets can be > highly regulated, with government owning the means of production, > setting wages & prices, as in socialism proper. Or at the other > end, government can just establish the structure of the market, > without competing in it or dictating economic exchanges, as in free > markets. [Arlo]
> I wish you'd have the same complaints about how you do this to the > concept of "socialism". But I do define ‘socialism’ as on a spectrum (see above). [Arlo] > Would it be an example of "socialism" for the state to regulate > marriage as only between same-race couples? I think we should confine the term ‘socialism’ to the economic realm, as I did above. Your example, is one of ‘social engineering’. [Arlo] > Gee, Craig, forgive me OK, but only if you say 3 Our Adam Smith’s, 2 Hail Rand’s & sin no more. Craig Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
