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I said that the geurilla warfare tacticts are usually empoyed by the smaller army. I was giving a real world example, this is obvuisly something with which you struggle, given the fact that you have given no real world examples of your economic theories, all the while criticizing mine because "real world" is not an "economics text book."
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I never said anything about an "economics textbook" in any of my posts? What sre you talking about? You provided a "real-word example" and I asked why you thought that we should have to go through that to privatize our defense industry?
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I am beginning to get fed up with you. Please explain to me how the working man is exploited every day?
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The statement you made, to which i responded with that "worker's exploitation" thing, was hinting you thought publicized defense is a "violation of rights". I said I agreed with you, but acted as if you were hinting that private industry is a "violation of rights". It was a lame attempt at sarcasm on my part.
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When you make these crazy assertions, such as firms somehow make money by not satisfying the consumer, but sometimes profit doesn't matter, but the firm will be able to get $500,000,000,000 a year, you make no sense.
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This whole paragraph makes no sense. I think you are talking about a whole different discussion. Are you still pissed about that? I said that businesses, public or private, can make money with an inferior product, at least until the consumer discovers the product's inferiority. That's completely true.
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Please explain to me, once and for all two things. 1) How does a company make money with out satisfying consumers, and with out government help. Provide an example that I can study, 2) Explain how a monopoly form on the free market, while considering my objections to your theory. Provide an example that I can study.
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A company can't make money without at least partially satisfying consumers. What I said, and what I am saying, is that a product does not have to be a good product for people to be satisfied with it, at least until they discover that it is not a good product.
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The army enslaves the citizens by conscripting them into service. If this is not slavery, I do not know what is.
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Slavery is forced, unpaid labor. Compulsory military service is still paid.
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By the way, did you go to college? Are you in college? If so, what is (was) your major?
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Why? Are you wondering if I'm stupid?
I very well may
be a stupid person, but I think I'm intelligent enough to understand politics, economics, and the theories and systems that go along with each. To answer your question, I
plan to go to college and study psychology and, perhaps, political science. You, and most members of this forum (with a few notable exceptions) are probably far more intelligent than I will ever be.
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That's a pretty good argument. I hadn't thought about it that way, before. Thanks, you know, I think I have been wrong. After all, as you said, I am a boob. That settles it!
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I'm not the one that called you or anyone a "boob". I don't think I called you anything. Check the posts again.