Re: The joy of Democracy

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. If economy
was zero sum, we'd be dead by now.

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Give it time...