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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Whither Are We Drifting?
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Date: Sun, 1-Jul-84 21:57:26 EDT
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>> >> No, the Nazi economy was a capitalist economy whose biggest wheels
>> >> have been doing "business as usual" come hell or high water.

>> I may of  misinterpreted  what you said but you seem to be implying that
>> it was  Capitalism  that helped bring about the Nazi  regime.  I totally
>> disagree  with this.  Goods and services  produced by slave labor is not
>> Capitalism;  it's slavery and  barbarism.  Capitalism  cannot exist in a
>> totalitarian,  fascist, or slave labor state... 

>> Michael Bishop

If not capitalISM, capitalISTS certainly brought about the Nazi regime.
Germany was going to hell in a handbasket, and they thought they'd
maximize their profits by bankrolling that weird Hitler fellow.
Without substantial donations from rich capitalists, the Nazis could not
have pulled it off.  Of course, these sorcerer's apprentices had no
idea what they were setting in motion, nor could they control it once
the Nazis came to power.

CapitalISM, though, is an economic system that can fit into almost any
political framework--from ruthless totalitarian through utopian
democratic.  Even both at once--consider the various imperialist
empires that have existed over the past 3 centuries, all in the name
of profit.  The home country would bask in a fairly enlightened
political climate while the colonies were bled dry.
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