[ExI] Capitalism is like a poker game

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Tue Apr 13 08:37:31 UTC 2010


2010/4/12 Joshua Job wrote:
<snip theory of corporations=nice, government=nasty>
>
> I hate stealing from the poor to give to the rich equally as much as I hate
> stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Don't people realize that
> whichever way they go, they are still advocating stealing? What's up with
> that? I say let's advocate, you know, not stealing, and punishing of
> thieves. That seems like a far more rational option.
>


In the US the corporations *are* the government.
Or haven't you noticed?

You have to let reality speak to you.
Neat economic theories are all very well, but the data takes precedence.
As Rafal says there isn't much rationality out there.


BillK



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