[103911] in Cypherpunks
Re: Another potential flaw in current economic theory... (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Mynott)
Tue Oct 6 16:07:38 1998
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 20:35:53 +0100
From: Steve Mynott <stevem@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>,
Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer <cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com>
In-Reply-To: <199810061803.NAA08378@einstein.ssz.com>; from Jim Choate on Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 01:03:25PM -0500
Reply-To: Steve Mynott <stevem@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 01:03:25PM -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
> Wrong. Socialism is the belief that property is best managed and owned by
> the government. This is within the context of a free market. This means that
> the *ONLY* two parties involved are the producers and consumers. I am
> discussing an alternative approach to business management.
I think the property refered to is "capital goods" or "the means of
production"
> Fascism is the belief that property should be owned by private individuals
> but managed by governments.
how can you "own" something yet not control it? fascism is a form of
socialism
> Capitalism is the belief that property should be owned and managed by the
> individual. Note that this definition doesn't prevent 3rd party regulatory
> bodies, but they neither own or manage the activity, only limit its' scope.
if a "3rd party regulatory body" has any ability to "limit" through a
monopoly of force granted by the state it is a part of the state
any true cypherpunk must be a libertarian..
--
1024/D9C69DF9 steve mynott steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk http://www.pineal.com/
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