tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post2357278009815170262..comments2023-10-16T04:31:56.169-05:00Comments on the Cucking Stool: Capitalism is not immoral–updatedSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320639130804814361noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-65520103373439503882010-11-16T10:29:07.000-06:002010-11-16T10:29:07.000-06:00SOmewhat off topic I know, but perhaps Mr. Westove...SOmewhat off topic I know, but perhaps Mr. Westover can explain to us how come its ok for some people (i.e. members of the government) to have government run health care but its not ok for the rest of us to have it?<br /><br />I direct him to this particular piece of hypocrisy: <a href="http://mnpublius.com/post/1591255333/the-tea-party-in-microcosm" rel="nofollow">http://mnpublius.com/post/James Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-2787445442384102792010-11-15T16:13:29.000-06:002010-11-15T16:13:29.000-06:00That's the guy.That's the guy.blogspotdognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-59711551124012934532010-11-15T15:21:33.000-06:002010-11-15T15:21:33.000-06:00If this is the Steve Young who came to down to be ...If this is the Steve Young who came to down to be Dean of Hamline Law School, I understand that he served in some US governmental capacity in Saigon during the Vietnam War. One would he think he would have learned something of imperial hubris from that experience.Randynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-60625584151484514122010-11-14T19:28:06.000-06:002010-11-14T19:28:06.000-06:00Hehe, again, I agree with most of what you are say...Hehe, again, I agree with most of what you are saying. Not really polemical, but I suppose you can call agreement that again:-) I don't believe extremes ever work. Socialism has been a proven failure just as unbridled capitalism. Social democracies with regulated capitalism have been proven very, very effective and humane as any human system could be. I would reference Sweden, Norway, etc. I Alec Timmermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-42277994678099875602010-11-14T18:39:57.000-06:002010-11-14T18:39:57.000-06:00ahistorical and polemical responses to my criticis...ahistorical and polemical responses to my criticism are amusing, but not terribly useful. or: as i was just saying at another blog, "shoulda, coulda, woulda, oh my." this isn't a conversation about "if only X would Y..." or at least it's not to me. theory is fine and fun and wonderful, but here is this awful reality barreling down on (at least some of) us. the social chicago dykenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-38960544258968104482010-11-14T14:14:19.000-06:002010-11-14T14:14:19.000-06:00Of course. I'd take the social democrat idea o...Of course. I'd take the social democrat idea of captalism where the tool of the market is used for the greatest good while still allowing for the profit motive and freedom of ingenuity. CErtainly a tyrannical government can stop our freedom, so private interests need to be strong enough to prevent that. On the flip side, private interests can also become so powerful they limit choice and Alec Timmermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-738199138273039812010-11-14T11:34:03.000-06:002010-11-14T11:34:03.000-06:00Alec: and radicals understand that when the beast ...Alec: and radicals understand that when the beast is old or rabid, the merciful thing is to put it down. there will always be another along soon to leash, and feed. <br /><br />capitalism is not a condition of nature; no economic system is. economic systems exist in the minds of human beings alone, and human beings are not amoral beings. it is completely possible to design a moral economic systemchicago dykenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-6821318876617290472010-11-14T12:18:14.000-06:002010-11-14T12:18:14.000-06:00That is the right's basic mantra.
Though I ra...That is the right's basic mantra.<br /><br />Though I rather like this phrase to describe it: In the end only the fittest survive, if you're strong (i.e. rich) you live, if you're weak (i.e. not rich) you die. James Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-80531857029289616092010-11-14T10:13:51.000-06:002010-11-14T10:13:51.000-06:00I have a "pet" theory about capitalism. ...I have a "pet" theory about capitalism. Capitalism is an insatible beast who's nature is to devour. The beast can be very useful, and help further democratic ideals, but at the end of the day it is still an insatiable beast.<br /><br />Socialists-They see the beast as evil and want to put it down. They are scared of the beast, and don't realize that you can't just tell a Alec Timmermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-53205306673140159452010-11-14T10:03:51.000-06:002010-11-14T10:03:51.000-06:00Everyone should sacrifice except those who have sa...Everyone should sacrifice except those who have sacrificed the least and have the most. They should sacrifice even less.Alec Timmermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-50187931789592092762010-11-14T09:18:23.000-06:002010-11-14T09:18:23.000-06:00And again there was another, in this case, editori...And again there was another, in this case, editorial in the Strib calling for US workers to take pay cuts "in order to compete." James Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13246828.post-4830720045543992612010-11-12T12:58:41.000-06:002010-11-12T12:58:41.000-06:00He's been soaking in the American exceptionali...He's been soaking in the American exceptionalism doctrine since his birth, and it's worked out swimmingly for him. He might have had a different take on it had he born in 1945 Hanoi instead of 1945 America.Phoenix Womannoreply@blogger.com