[ExI] government corruption, was: RE: Social Mobility and Bioconservatism

[Damien Broderick]

At 12:26 AM 2/23/2009 -0500, Rafal wrote:

> > I can see the same thing happening with a
> > radical pro-free market regime holding on to ideology regardless of
> > the effect it has on the people or the economy.
>
>### It is impossible, since a "regime" is not free-market. A
>free-market society by definition systematically eschews violence
>which means that as soon as they lose their attachment to freedom and
>non-violence (i.e. as soon as they go insane), their "free-market
>regime" is gone and replaced by politics as usual.

Ah, it's like god's grace. Rafal, can you point to some examples of 
this blessed condition in the world now or in history? Preferably 
examples without slavery, inherited aristocracy or other obvious 
social pathologies.

Damien Broderick