Comment 13869

By Ted Mitchell (registered) | Posted November 10, 2007 at 21:03:19

Was that supposed to be "complete unfettered freedom FROM thought" in the US?

None of the "despotic regimes" are discussed in this book. If Genghis can bring himself to reading it, he might eat his words.

What is really stunning is that US capitalism is so threratened by the success of moderate socialism in weak (e.g south american) countries that it can't let them be if given the slightest chance to steamroller them.

Surely if the free market was the utopia it is billed to be it could compete on its own merit, without needing to eliminate the competition.

If you understand the mismatch in the types of problems between capitalist economic ideology (simple, few variable) and the reality of running a country (multivariable, interrelated = organized complexity) the failure of capitalism to better quality of life for the median citizen will be obvious. Just like building a house with only hammers.

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