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Human History and Human Nature: A Debate
A debate: A. L.: Redistribution is unnecessary when the initial distribution is fair. R. J. K.: What is fair? That which you say is fair? Or shall we have the public -- that herd of asses -- vote on it? R. A.: Why do those ideological capitalists......Read More

Posted on: 2009-01-01 15:54:17 | Rating:

| Views: 38 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Human History Human Nature

Human History and Human Nature: A Debate
A debate: A. L.: Redistribution is unnecessary when the initial distribution is fair. R. J. K.: What is fair? That which you say is fair? Or shall we have the public -- that herd of asses -- vote on it? R. A.: Why do those ideological......Read More

Posted on: 2009-01-01 16:27:32 | Rating:

| Views: 33 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Human History Human Nature

Democracy and Human Nature: A Debate
A debate: I. M.: Democracy can vote to kill whoever the members want. R. A.: I suppose that if you have an aristocratic, or a plutocratic government, the aristocrats or the plutocrats can vote, as the members of a ruling-class élite, on who to kill, for whatever......Read More

Posted on: 2009-01-01 17:26:15 | Rating:

| Views: 30 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Democracy Human Nature

Anarchism and Libertarianism: A Debate
A debate: N. P.: What is anarchy? To me all governments are just more or less organized anarchies. Isn't an anarchy what you get at the end of a revolution, until one group takes power from another? R. A.: Anarchy can mean disorder, chaos, lawlessness. I suppose......Read More

Posted on: 2009-01-01 18:41:57 | Rating:

| Views: 30 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Anarchism Libertarianism

Capitalism Is Legal Theft
The difference between wealthy capitalists and lawless criminals is that the capitalist method of theft is legal....Read More

Posted on: 2009-01-01 18:50:18 | Rating:

| Views: 54 | Comments: 3 | Tags: Capitalism Legal Theft

Anarchism and Libertarianism: A Debate
This is an answer to a comment posted by thehseenz: thehseenz wrote: This is also what Gandhiji called decentralized democracy. Ron Allen answers: I like Gandhi's name for it. I believe that a confederalist arrangement would be a true to type anarchist......Read More

Posted on: 2009-01-03 08:18:30 | Rating:

| Views: 17 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Anarchism and Libertarianism: A Debate

Capitalism Is Legal Theft
This is an answer to a comment posted by TheAlreadyJaded: TheAlreadyJaded wrote: Wow, that's frightening if you really think that is true. Ron Allen answers: If you are saying that my belief is frightening, then I suppose that your opinion of my belief is......Read More

Posted on: 2009-01-03 08:42:56 | Rating:

| Views: 22 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Capitalism Legal Theft

Capitalism Is Legal Theft
This is an answer to a comment posted by lau56: lau56 wrote: You sound like Karl Marx. Ron Allen answers: I do not believe that Karl Marx would have said what I wrote. What I wrote sounds more like what Pierre Joseph Proudhon wrote. There are marxists who......Read More

Posted on: 2009-01-03 09:36:58 | Rating:

| Views: 34 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Capitalism Legal Theft

Capitalism Is Legal Theft
This is an answer to a comment posted by thehseenz: thehseenz wrote: We are so indoctrinated to believe otherwise. It will also pique our conscience so if we did admit it. Sometimes falsehood becomes so prevalent and acceptable that truth looks like a stranger. Ron......Read More

Posted on: 2009-01-03 09:54:07 | Rating:

| Views: 32 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Capitalism Legal Theft

Capitalism Is Legal Theft
This is an answer to a comment posted by Raceace: Raceace wrote: You're 100% correct rallen2. The biggest thieves are the rich, the more they have the more they want and they'll do anything to make money if they know they'll get away with it. They have a disease. It's called greed and......Read More