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Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 11:01 PM
Replies: 271
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Posted By Al68
Re: Statism, AC, and Corporatism- The End Result is the Same

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Ironically, it is the statists who favor violence, of the centrally-planned variety.

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Huh? I want to limit government power to only those powers that...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 10:34 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
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The state doesnt have to use force to take peoples money. People voluntarily give their money over because they believe in the state.

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What state is this?
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 10:31 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
Re: Statism, AC, and Corporatism- The End Result is the Same

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I think that the difference between now and what the american revolution set up is that we have many more times the capacity for communications. We have the internet now, its really...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 09:30 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
Re: Statism, AC, and Corporatism- The End Result is the Same

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But what would prevent people from forming a state in AC land?

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To get to an AC condition requires widespread support among the population. A population that...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 09:17 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
Re: Statism, AC, and Corporatism- The End Result is the Same

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Before you can get the people to work in your sweatshops you have to somehow make sure that they'd be worse off without the jobs you offer.

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Are you suggesting that a company...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 06:53 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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They're still just controlling their own wealth. Their large market share is due to economies of scale, not "control of the market".

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Wrong. The external...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 06:20 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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In AC, what stops the ten richest people in the United States from buying up all of the law enforcement and all of the military and using it for the oppression of...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 05:59 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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He does seem to be confusing someone "controlling" his own money with "controlling" the market as a whole.

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As if the two could never happen together.

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Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 05:57 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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LOL. The ACists on here would call me a statist, and I made numerous replies. Although I'm against state interference in the economy, I'm in favor of a "government" for the...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 04:59 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 110
Posted By Al68
Re: The Political Economy of Envy

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Like compromising with a school bully to just take some of your lunch money instead of all of it?

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Precisely, although I don't think that's a very helpful...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 04:59 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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Ironically, it is the statists who favor violence, of the centrally-planned variety.

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Huh? I want to limit government power to only those powers that...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 03:56 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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Ironically, it is the statists who favor violence, of the centrally-planned variety.

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Huh? I want to limit government power to only those powers that...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 03:26 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
Re: Statism, AC, and Corporatism- The End Result is the Same

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Ironically, it is the statists who favor violence, of the centrally-planned variety.

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Huh? I want to limit government power to only those powers that ACists believe private...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 03:10 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 110
Posted By Al68
Re: The Political Economy of Envy

Like compromising with a school bully to just take some of your lunch money instead of all of it?
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 02:59 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
Re: Statism, AC, and Corporatism- The End Result is the Same

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I'm in favor of a "government" for the purpose of protecting our freedom.

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I don't want to antagonize you, but I truly do not see how restricting freedom is...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 02:40 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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It is unique that all of the arguments have come from the AC side and that I have had zero replies from statists or corporatists.

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LOL. The ACists on here would call me a...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 02:27 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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An ACist should answer this, but I'll give it a shot. In AC land, oppressing others would reduce profits. Of course these ten people may have priorities...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 02:02 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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When the end is told, when we are living that nightmare, you will probably wonder where it all went wrong. All of you on this forum can take solace in the fact that your hands were...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 01:46 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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An ACist should answer this, but I'll give it a shot. In AC land, oppressing others would reduce profits. Of course these ten people may have priorities more important to them...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 01:32 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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What I mean by corporatist is that corporations dictate government policy even if it undermines the best interests of the masses. Most is pretty much consolidated. There is a market...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 01:07 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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These indispensable "investors" would be exactly the wealthy gatekeepers of the so-called "free market" who would, in fact, be its de facto controllers.

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I'd...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 12:59 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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I'm not sure of your point here. My point was that laws restricting the "accumulation of chips" reduce economic freedom and reduce the standard of living for everyone. And I...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 12:49 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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FWIW, I view our current government as corporatist (something that I don't think the masses of the populace believe just yet).

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Probably because the word "corporatist" is...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 12:06 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
Posted By Al68
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So, you don't support the state? I'm confused now.

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No, the state supports me, or rather we, the People.

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Huh? I have to assume this doesn't mean...
Forum: Politics 02-20-2007, 12:00 AM
Replies: 271
Views: 1,135
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How do we prevent someone from ending up "with all the chips" so that the truly great ideas that increase everyone's slice of the pie come to...
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