From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Tue 10 Dec 2002 - 17:37:35 GMT
> > > >>Jeremy:
> > > >> > PS: Just for the record, I don't think that capitalism will
> > > >> > work either
> > > >>
> > > Alfred:
> > > >> i agree...mostly because it propels centralization and larger
> > > >> populations, requires exploitation, and is very good at
> > > >> becoming a pandemic.
> > > >>
> > > >> alfred
> > > >>
> > > Joe:
> > > >Capitalism, like democracy, is the worst of all possible systems,
> > > >with the exception of every other system that has ever been
> > > >tried...
> > > >>
> > > Jeremy:
> > > Big statement Joe. How do you know?
> > >
> >It's called history.
> > >
> > >
> When you say it "works" or "doesn't work" what do you mean? What does
> it do or doesn't do that you think it must do?
>
It provides those who adopt it with a higher average standard of living
than other models, just as democracy provides citizens with a greater
voice and more personal freedom than other models (at least than any
alternatives that have been tried).
>
> Grant
>
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