On Feb 13, 2010, at 4:13:20 PM, "Ham Priday" <[email protected]> wrote: I'm not an historian, but I don't see the basis for RMP's argument that Socialism is "more intellectual or moral" than Capitalism. Certainly these human qualities do not define the practice of the two contrasting political ideologies. F. A. Hayek points out that Socialism is "authoritarian" in that it makes property and the means of production subservient to government, whereas Capitalism is basically "democratic", respecting the right of individuals to own private property and the rewards of their own productivity.
Hi Ham, I believe there is a drive for the supremacy of the intellect. This is one of the things that bothers me about MoQ. It could be argued that Socialism is more intellectual than Capitalism (maybe not argued well, but argued nonetheless). The problem with control over all through the intellect is that there are many contradicting intellects. A democracy seems to allow for this, and appeals to the masses (who of course cannot think for themselves) by the virtue of choices. Long live freedom from intellectual control! Burn all books! :-) Cheers, Mark 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/
