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Old 11-03-2007, 12:36 AM
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Default Re: The government/market distinction depends on a cultural artifact.

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Without this cultural norm for non-violence in the private sector, society would be pure AC.

Am I wrong?

[/ QUOTE ] Yes you are. Capitalism implies a cultural norm for non-violence, as property rights apply to all humans. Without a norm for non-violence (which arises naturally), you wouldn't have AC.

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Exactly. Without a cultural norm for non-violence, you'd have a lot of dead people and a lot of destroyed wealth. You'd have utter poverty. You'd have chaos. You'd have anarchy, technically, but not in any useful sense of the word, and you certainly would not have capitalism, since (among other reasons) anything that resembled capital would be destroyed.
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