On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Amit Varma wrote: >> >> I was pointing out that the argument that conflict leads to progress >> is only a few steps away from the invisible hand argument of the >> Libertarianism. I jokingly (see the smiley?) characterized >> Libertarianism as an abyss and pleaded for you to step back from it. >> > > Given that the more free societies are the most prosperous, some abyss it > is! >
Isnt it a bit silly to talk about free societies == prosperity in blanket terms, when many of those free societies became prosperous out of international inequities and one sided conflicts ?
