The liberal intellectuals have learned from the socialist philosophers, and have convinced the elected politicians to legislate a welfare-state in order to impede and to arrest the worst... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-03-05 12:53:41
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Capitalism necessitates an authoritarian form of government. Capitalism needs a strong-arm state, a coercive and bullying state, a disciplinarian state, precisely because the majority would... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-03-05 12:28:41
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The moral attitude of trustworthy and praiseworthy individuals has always set proper limits to excessive self-interest. Socialism will very likely collapse into statism if the... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-24 13:51:15
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Although a society may be capitalist, such a society is not self-governed; but rather, a capitalist society is governed by capital, or by a political state that is influenced and governed... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-24 13:39:17
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If there are courts -- judicial assemblies -- with jurisdiction, and authorized to apply the law to some concrete case or other, then there must also be a parliament, or a congress --... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-18 17:06:34
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For immature human beings, the threat and fear of punishment is a restraint on crimes; but, for mature human beings, the threat and fear of disrespect and disregard from others becomes a... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-10 16:55:37
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