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Old 06-15-2007
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Re: Economic theory and politics.

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Originally Posted by liberty
I, at the very least (and I do not think that an anarchic society would work this way) espouse a system in which "every man for himself" is the social order; you, however, want to concentrate great power in the hands of a few. This is idiotic. We have seen what big states do to people. The USSR killed many; Hitler's Germany killed many; the Spartans enslaved many; the US dropped to Atomic bombs on innocent people. None of these things have been done on this scale by anyone in the private economy. We talk of the horrible tragedies of Virginia Tech, and Colombine, but the deaths here can't hold a candle to the death and destruction inflicted at the hands of large states.
You want to concentrate great power in the hands of those strong enough to take it. I have to wonder: which idea is worse? Whatever happened to concentrating power in the hands of the majority in the form of democratic republics? I've always thought those are generally a good idea.
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