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Capitalism: A Debate
R. A.: Have the people freely created markets? M. P.: Yep, they said "Let's trade", and the markets came into being. R. A.: Did those with nothing to trade, with no property, have an equal say when free-market capitalism was elected by the......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-07 19:38:30 | Rating:

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Freedom: A Debate
R. A.: Perhaps freedom is not a thing. We are free, to the extent that we are free, because our essence is freedom; and it is this essential human freedom that inspires us to desire freedom, to demand freedom, to struggle and to die for freedom, to resist slavery, and to......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-07 11:02:52 | Rating:

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Perspective
Every person has a perspective; every perspective has a person. Every person is a perspective; every perspective is a person....Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-04 16:08:49 | Rating:

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Ends and Means
This is an answer to a comment posted by GeorgesBlog: GeorgesBlog wrote: Very good discussion or perspective. Regardless of outward appearances, we should examine results. Ron Allen answers: It is right and good that we examine results, but we do need to explain what we......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-04 16:05:36 | Rating:

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Monopoly: A Debate
This is an answer to a comment posted by GeorgesBlog: GeorgesBlog wrote: In any case, Monopoly fulfills it's objective in the public/private partnership. Ron Allen answers: Can you flesh this statement out for us?......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-04 15:55:38 | Rating:

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Binary Thinking
Binary thinking says: If I think this way, then they cannot also think this way. If we think this way, then they must think that way. For example, those who favor capitalism believe in property rights and free exchange . If ideological capitalists believe in property......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-04 15:31:44 | Rating:

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Monopoly: A Debate
R. A.: In his book, Wealth Against Commonwealth (1894), Henry Demarest Lloyd wrote: "Monopoly is business at the end of its journey." M. P.: But business doesn't have an end , it is a continuing journey. R. A.: I do not think that H. D.......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-04 14:48:31 | Rating:

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Capitalism: A Debate
R. A.: The problem with ideological capitalists is their limited vision of the alternatives: either capitalism with laissez-faire free markets, or capitalism wih government-regulated markets. Ronald Reagan once said: "Free enterprise is a rough and competitive game.......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-04 13:17:05 | Rating:

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Ends and Means
This is an answer to a comment posted by jimw: jimw wrote: I'm listing the top 8 socialist countries as of 2006 which all are "state" run. Ron Allen answers: Please allow me to be clear about this. I do not advocate state-run socialism , also......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-04 12:48:57 | Rating:

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State-Socialism Versus Socialism: A Debate
This is an answer to a comment posted by GeorgesBlog: GeorgesBlog wrote: This is a debate contained within a commitment to denial of individual sovereignty. Until they can get free of the depravity of human nature, they will dig themselves deeper into the hole of tyranny. ......Read More