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Re: Scarcity - and how capitalism solves it         

Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Publius
Date: Sep 7, 2008 09:16

"Sean" now.com.au> wrote in
news:48c3d367$0$28216$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
>
> "Immortalist" yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eb4d8be6-80d1-4077-9aae-0681b21c8a1d@p31g2000prf.googlegroups.com.
> ..
>> On Sep 6, 10:18 am, Publius nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote
>>> innews:140168dc-fa67-428e-b6e9-3e8166fe11da@r15g2000prd.googlegroups.
>>> com:
>>>
>>>> But capitalist and capitalism are two separate things/ideas. The
>>>> former is as you define, but the later is a means to decision of
>>>> last resort. Its like the political science debate about what
>>>> should be the final arbiter in a dispute between rights; a
>>>> monarch, a representative body or individual rights.
>>>
>>>> Capitalism is the economic system in which the means of production
>>>> are owned by private persons, and operated for profit and where
>>>> investments, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods
>>>> and services are predominantly determined through the operation of
>>>> a free market.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, Immort. But I doubt that Sean will like Wiki any more than
>>> he likes
>>> dictionaries.
>>
>> What kind of evidence would he like?
>
> I don't need any type of evidence Imm.

There's your answer, Immort. Sean has improvised a religious dogma, and
like all such, it is impervious to evidence.
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