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Re: Nature of Anarchy/ Anarchy of Nature
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In <v03007802afa54d564265@[10.0.2.15]>, on 05/18/97 at 06:25 PM,
Steve Schear <[email protected]> said:
>At 5:52 PM -0500 5/18/97, William H. Geiger III wrote:
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>>In <[email protected]>, on 05/18/97 at 04:25 PM,
>> [email protected] (Huge Cajones Remailer) said:
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>>[New Age Snip]
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>>>I believe this was a major quantum leap in the history of human thought
>>>and concioussness. A giant step in the right direction of our true
>>>divinity but it was sorely flawed; By the concept of property rights.
>>>This is where the founding fathers eogos got in the way.
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>>>The liberation movements of the last century have been based on the same
>>>concept of unalienable rights and have attempted to fine tune the
>>>document for a more equitable distribution of planet power to correct
>>>the flaw.
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>><sigh> There is a fundamental fact of politics/economics that a socialist
>>economy and a democratic political structure can not co-exsist.
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>>The concept of property rights is not a flaw but the foundation on which
>>the constitution and this country is built on. Without the ability to
>>controll ones own property all other rights fall by the wayside.
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>>I sugest reading "The Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith for a better
>>understanding of Capitalism and why it is the *only* economic model that
>>works for a free society.
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>Even better, "The Road to Surfdom," F.A. Hayek, totally debunks the basis
>of a planned economy and how the loss of property ownership and economic
>freedom leads directly and inevitably to totalitarianism.
Yes, very good read. Have you read any of his other works?
I thought that Smith was a good start as it was his economic philosophy
that guided our founding fathers.
I find it rather depressing that too few people understand the
relationships between economics & politics and how they affect the freedom
of the individule.
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