[ale] Defeated by the offshoring of America....

[Benjamin Scherrey]

	By simple do you mean perfect? Then the answer is no - but if you mean the best 
possible system then yes, it is exactly that simple. However, it depends on people being able to 
freely conduct their transactions and control their property which means having liberty. Liberty is the 
one thing that you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to everyone else. Unfortunately, not 
nearly enough people are willing to grant others the same freedom they want. So, yes, it is just that 
simple but the simplest things can be the hardest. Once we quit trying to control things that we can 
have no control over then we'll find our lives less stressful and far more fulfilling. Worrying about 
whether its "fair" to own more than one car or if one person's work should be considered more 
valuable than the next's is about the most self-destructive behaviour imaginable. It's not a zero-sum 
game - if you try to make it one then we all lose.

	Ben Scherrey

4/14/2003 3:02:23 PM, George Carless <kafka at antichri.st> wrote:
>Ayn Rand would be proud.  But it's not that simple, is it?
>
>--George
>
>> 	You are truly sad and I am ashamed to see an American who either denies or is unaware
>> of the nature of his country and its moral foundations. Capitalism is a law of human behaviour -
>> people acting in their own enlightened self interests, ownership/control of property, voluntarily
>> conducting transactions for the mutual benefit of both parties. It has always existed and will 
always
>> exist. All other "systems" are just attempts at manipulating, denying, or distorting reality. Our
>> country's Constitution was based on the moral concepts of John Locke and economic concepts 
of
>> Adam Smith, two sides of the same coin you'll find if you ever bother to read them.
>>
>> 	I've said enough - stop me before I go on...
>>
>> 		Ben Scherrey



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