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From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Re: What is "capitalism"?
Message-ID: <1904@topaz.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 7-May-85 00:00:17 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  7 00:00:17 1985
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Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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In article <828@bunker.UUCP> garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson) writes:
(quoting me)
>> The ultimate capitalistic society would be one in which there were no
>> laborers; everyone makes his or her living by the income of their holdings.
>> This may be physically possible in a few decades.
>
>You make it sound like you expect wealth to materialize out
>of thin air.  So everyone is living off the interest or dividends
>their wealth provides ...
>Gary Samuelson

As usual, subtlety falls flat on the net.  I thought it was obvious I
was referring to automation.

--JoSH