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the old predatory instinct genie

Posted by: Lark on February 23, 1999 at 12:38:44:

In Reply to: Nergle do Like. posted by Gee on February 23, 1999 at 11:47:50:

Gee your view of the market etc. is more than utopian it's religious.

Isnt it just a bit mystical to appeal to an invisible (supernatural?) force to regulate and control everything to everyones benefit?

I mean the precapitalist middle class struggling against fuedalism had an excuse for believing these things they'd never seen how Capitalism in practice mirrored fuedalism almost identitically but You've no excuse what-so-ever other than you've read a few interesting books and become convinced of a un-reality. I know your going to say this is opinion, or so have I etc. but look at the world, without pointing to your opponents, try and excuse the horrendous mistakes your system has made!

I mean your pleseant enough and your horror at the atrocities of the state and nazism (left or right) seem genuine so your probubly a nice guy but you've got to admit that once the old predatory instinct genie (that's necessary for markets) is out of the bottle it's not going away and then you've got "Joelistic" profit motive justifies everything chaos.


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