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From: mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy)
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Subject: Re: Contributions to the rich
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Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 15:43:50 EST
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Well I knew I was asking to get flamed, what with all the apologists
for rampant capitalism on the net, but I posted a  (forgive me,)
small criticism of our economic system for a reason.

I am not a marxist, I agree with the critics of marxism, and I can
see the results of the experiments with "scientific socialsim."

I am not a socialist, Government is least able to run enterprises.

I am not a capitalist, I am not rich, and I agree with the marxists
and the socialists that capitalism is an exploitive system that
serves the interests of a small ruling class.

I think that libertarians have a problem seeing "government" as
anything other than state officials.

I would probably classify myself as an anarchist, except I agree that
there ain't no way to get there from here.

So that leaves me without ideology, and without the smug righteousness
that emanates from the camps of the true believers of all persuasions.


> 
> I hate to put it this bluntly, but this statement makes the least sense of
> any I've seen on the net.

Thank you for your keen analysis.
> 
> Perpetual ownership of the profit (through dividends or capital gains) is
> by definition the fair return on a capital investment. That I should still
> be getting a dividend from common stock I bought X years ago is exactly what
> I paid for at the time.
> 

Oh, I understand, the definition of a thing is the justification of that
thing. So a slave who complains about the institution of slavery, saying
that maybe it is a bit unfair, is a fool.  it is written right
here that slavery is an institution whereby some people are owned by
others. "After all I bought X years ago, and the use of X is exactly what
I paid for at the time."

> If you don't understand what I mean by the above, you don't understand the idea
> of capitalism. If you don't understand capitalism, try taking an accounting
> class. I recommend accounting over economics (for a novice) because the
> accounting teacher is more likely to be a capitalist.

Apparently, understanding==accepting. 



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						Mark Roddy
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						Just reading the news.

					(harvard!talcott!panda!enmasse!mroddy)