[TheForge] Slack tank...POL OT

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

Gee Andy...I'm kinda shocked!...grin

On 12/20/2010 8:27 AM, Andy Gladish wrote:
> In the real world, the way "The Free Market" works is that those who are
> committed to putting themselves in the most powerful position possible buy
> out their competitors and their congresspeople and run their businesses (and
> eventually the nation) any way they damn well please.
> It's easy to defend Big Oil from an easy chair in the US, until you actually
> get to know citizens of countries like Nigeria and Trinidad. After I spent
> some time with them, and found out what it's like living in a country with
> completely "free markets" (where the biggest corporations just flat out own
> the place and don't have to euphemize or pretend) my thinking went from
> fiery Libertarian to feeling grateful for the role that our government takes
> in maintaining even a bit of control over the biggest players.
>
> PS: Reading about the life of Ayn Rand was a blow to my Libertarian leanings
> too- what a sick puppy that one was!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: osan at netlabs.net
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 7:30 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Slack tank...POL OT
>
> WTF?!  "Social costs"?!  What in hell are you gibbering about?  Define The
> term.
>
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