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Originally Posted by iTaliAN_ICe
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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When I was explaining how firms in a capitalist economy must satisfy consumers to stay in busness you said:
This is true theoretically, but not always true realistically.
You have told me several times that you are talking about reality. I am only left to guess that you assume I am talking about theories, not reality, ie, theories from a textbook.
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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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Yes I know, but this is what you have been saying.
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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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Ok, I know what you have said. You have said it a lot. You have said it when I showed you why this is, as you desrcibe it, untrue. Yet, you continue to argue this point. And, you havn't provided a single example of either of the two things I have asked.
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Slavery is forced, unpaid labor. Compulsory military service is still paid.
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No, slavery is forced labor at a price for which you would not have otherwise worked. By your definition of slavery, the American "slaves" were not slaves at all. They consumed much of what they produced.
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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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No, I am not calling you stupid. Even if I thought you were stupid, I know that college will not make a person any smarter. I was just wondering what your major was. And NEVER go around telling people that they are smarter than you, unless you are certain it is true. There is no evidence that suggests I am smarter than you or anyone. The only thing we can learn from this argument is that I am correct, and you are incorrect, but this is not, in any meanigful way, a reflection of our intelligence.
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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.
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I know, the post of mine to which you responded was a response to tamperproof.