[bills217]

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I talked to a college student yesterday.

He told me something that was in error.

I concluded that all college students therefore believe the same thing, and that all colleges everywhere must therefore be bad. Because I recognized his error, I further concluded that colleges in my day were invariably better, proving that all modern society is therefore evil and in decline.

I then joined the Libertarian party, because they alone recognized my brilliance.


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Considering that two of the three replies prior to your post were from a lib and a socialist, respectively...who exactly were you speaking to here?

Prior to posting this I had no idea whether this was what is taught or not - like I said, I am a layperson regarding economics. The asserter used his economics education as support for his beliefs.

So I was really just posting here to clarify that - I had no idea whether his ideas were mainstream among economists or not.

Thanks for posting though.

Also, if someone wants to expound on why the positions in question are wrong-headed economically (being forced to pay textile workers in the Philippines $9.50/hr?!?!?!), that would be appreciated.

Edited to add: I'm also not a member of the Libertarian Party.