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|    Joe Egginton to stork@storkyak.com    |
|    Re: Capitalism is GREAT    |
|    10 Jun 06 11:02:56    |
      XPost: alt.politics.republicans, alt.politics.socialism, alt.politics.usa       XPost: alt.politics       From: joe.egginton@talk21.com              stork@storkyak.com wrote:       > Stork replied to:       >       >       >>Humans are created selfish. Even breathing and drinking is selfish.       >>It's called the hierarchy of needs. The point is to limit our natural       >>desires (as much as possible) and to be much less selfish.       >       >       > No, the point is to channel our competitive instincts to constructive       > ends. So, therefor, we should teach people that to make things and       > design new things and invent things is how won wins. That's exactly       > what capitalism does, and communism doesn't.       >              Capitalism also causes great inequalities, such as only about 500 people       in the world owning over half the world's wealth. Yet nearly a BILLION       people struggle to find water and basic food.              Joe              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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