On Apr 18, 2014, at 15:06, [email protected] wrote: > "Jean-Christophe Helary" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Apr 18, 2014, at 6:07, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I submit to you that people want to get rich not to be freed from > > > coercion, but to > > > be able to *exercise* coercive power over their fellow men and women. > > > Maybe that's too strong... Or we need to define what means "getting rich". > > Capital has a mind of its own and it doesn't need capitalists even though > they are good at plotting to enrich themselves.
Sure, but I still think that wanting to become rich and wanting to exercise coercive power are two very different things. I think there is a confusion between becoming rich and becoming powerful. Jean-Christophe
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