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[RCG Trader]

Quote from jficquette:

It would if the government would get out of its way. What is "wild west" captialism anyway? The only will west action we have in our system is wild west corruption in government. Get rid of government and the free market system would work as intended.

You want freedom but not freedom to make as money as you can with is inconsistent with libertarian views. Basically your system is anarchy.

I am challenging you on this only because I think you are good person and want to work with you on this. If you were for economic freedom your scores would be on the right, not left. What you call freedom is actually government control.

I was honest on the test, I did answer agree to the "from each according...." question. I answer agree each time I was asked if the government should get involved in some things. Gov. should not let corporations pollute with abandon. And no, not everything the corporation does is ultimately good for us.

Wild west capitalism? Ok, maybe capitalistic darwinism is a better term? This is bad. Think MSFT in the 90's, and early 2000's. Sun Micro helped many businesses when they sued and won. WMT is a problem here as well. Small towns HATE WMT, and with very good reason. In these cases, government has to get involved. The little guy needs to be protected.

 

[jficquette]

Quote from RCG Trader:

I was honest on the test, I did answer agree to the "from each according...." question. I answer agree each time I was asked if the government should get involved in some things. Gov. should not let corporations pollute with abandon. And no, not everything the corporation does is ultimately good for us.

Wild west capitalism? Ok, maybe capitalistic darwinism is a better term? This is bad. Think MSFT in the 90's, and early 2000's. Sun Micro helped many businesses when they sued and won. WMT is a problem here as well. Small towns HATE WMT, and with very good reason. In these cases, government has to get involved. The little guy needs to be protected.

The natural world is based on Darwinism so why would you think that economic interaction should not be Darwinistic?

 

[RCG Trader]

All that said, the great icon in my corner of the spectrum is Mohandas Ghandi.

I am okay with that

 

[jficquette]

Quote from RCG Trader:

All that said, the great icon in my corner of the spectrum is Mohandas Ghandi.

I am okay with that

A guy that didn't even have enough sense to wear shoes and thought that material needs/wants were irrelevant.

 

[RCG Trader]

Quote from jficquette:

The natural world is based on Darwinism so why would you think that economic interaction would not be Darwinistic?

I think you are a sincere person too. So I am going to post this video in the hopes that you see where Darwinism among humans will ultimately lead.

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[RCG Trader]

Quote from jficquette:

A guy that didn't even have enough sense to wear shoes and thought that material needs/wants were irrelevant.

That is an interesting way to see him, I have to admit.

 

[Brass]

Quote from Lucrum:

The BULL SHIT meter just went off scale.

Oh, you think you're a rugged individualist? I've got news for you, sonny. You're nothing but a smudge to the people who would essentially own you if there were no regulatory oversight. And not a particularly self-preserving or smart smudge at that.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Quote from RCG Trader:

I think you are a sincere person too. So I am going to post this video in the hopes that you see where Darwinism among humans will ultimately lead.

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Dude, the NWO conspiracy has absolutely nothing to do with Darwinism. In fact, I could make a good argument that is promotes the opposite, as it WANTS people to be dependent on government. It enables behavior which is entirely the opposite of a "Survival of the Fittest" philosophy represents.

I have to confess I am at a complete loss with your response.

 

[RCG Trader]

Quote from Tsing Tao:

Dude, the NWO conspiracy has absolutely nothing to do with Darwinism. In fact, I could make a good argument that is promotes the opposite, as it WANTS people to be dependent on government. It enables behavior which is entirely the opposite of a "Survival of the Fittest" philosophy represents.

I have to confess I am at a complete loss with your response.

They are the Darwinists, Tsing. We are excess labor. They want a population reduction to cull the herd. That herd is you and I.

I just wanted to expose that on the ultimate scale. They are they predators, we are the prey. I am totally not okay with that.

Unchecked gov. is as bad as no gov. at all. We have to find that balance. That is what the founders knew and tried to do, in spite of their awareness of human behavior.

The natural state of gov is gridlock IMHO. They wanted to make it very hard for folks to do dumb shit that will last. So, they set it up for each party to overreach. Then the people react, and we have gridlock. That is why the markets took off after the midterms. The dems overreached, the people reacted...gridlock. Gridlock=stability.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Tsing Tao:

Dude, the NWO conspiracy has absolutely nothing to do with Darwinism....

I have to confess I am at a complete loss with your response.

That's RCG for you and his now famous "logic".