Sujet : Re: The joy of Democracy
De : nospam (at) *nospam* example.net (D)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 25. Oct 2024, 09:59:35
Autres entêtes
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
On 2024-10-23, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2024-10-23, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2024-10-22, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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In that sense the companies themselves have gone 'socialist' in that, like
Marx, they regard economics as a zero sum game.
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Incorrect. By design they do what they do, and whether the economy is
zero sum (it is not) or not, does not really apply. That is why todays
crypto-socialist government is so extremely dangerous. It subverts and
distorts the markets, just by existing.
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As opposed to large corporations subverting and distorting the markets,
as God intended.
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They do it with the help of the governments. By themselves, per
definition, they are not able to over time.
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That is, it isn't about creating more wealth, it's about who gets to own
what there is left.
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True.
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I.e., a zero-sum game.
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No, it is not, and that is proven by economics. The proof is that we are
8.2 billion people on the planet and we've never had it better.
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FSVO "we".
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If economy was zero sum, we'd be dead by now.
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Give it time...
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Exactly. No proof, so far.
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"So far, so good," the man falling past the 5th floor of the
Empire State building was heard to say.
That's nonsense and you know it.
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