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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread

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To: TimF who wrote (26231)5/16/2002 6:50:12 PM
From: craig crawford  Read Replies (1) of 59480
 
>> Lenin and the bolsheviks where talking about imprisoning and shooting and starving and tortureing people to impose an ideology by force <<

yes, the neo-marxists of today have refined their methods a great deal. they realize there are far better ways to overthrow the traditional culture and institute their world domination.

>> Abscent this "creative destruction" you would still have the majority of Americans working on farms, and there would be few people available to produce the modern goods and services that we want today <<

when we shifted from an agrarian economy to an industrial economy we did not abandon agriculture. as we have moved from an industrial economy to an information/service economy we have abandoned manufacturing industry. that is the difference.

>> Instead 1 or 2% of Americans can feed the US and a big chunk of the rest of the world <<

we import one-third of our fruits and vegetables.

>> I think that the government should have almost no control over the economy <<

you sound like a libertarian, not a right wing extremist. almost no control on the economy? get ready for a lot more enrons!

>> First of all I don't believe in any radical liberal utopia <<

ok, you sound like you believe in a radical libertarian utopia. it is wrong just like radical liberalism.

>> Secondly your whole point here is just a way to make an argument from authority <<

no it's to show how pathetic the republican party and the so-called conservative movement in america has become. neo-conservatives try to pass themselves off as true conservatives, but i am trying to inform you that traditional conservatism didn't believe in free trade.

>> In any case I submit that they have a much better understanding of economics then at least most, if not all, of the founders of our country, <<

they have far less understanding of human nature, and that is what is most important. our founding fathers understood human nature very well. intellectuals love to come up with quack theories that sound good on paper but ignore human nature. communism for example. and now, free trade.

>> Capitalism and free trade are not new ideas <<

neither are socialism and marxism! they just get repackaged and recycled and relabeled as free trade!

>> Nor are they attempts to impose a utopian vision on society <<

free trade is!
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