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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: epicure who wrote (21642)5/17/1998 2:47:00 AM
From: Father Terrence  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
X:

You wrote:

"Capitalism is a fine thing, but there are some things it is hard to
value. What value do you place on a world with butterflies and birds? What value is
there in a planet whose seas hold whales and dolphins? What value do you place on the
cleanliness of the air and water? What value do you put on a stable society? There are
many intangibles, that are not freely bought and sold in the market place, which make
life more pleasant. Capitalism is, in the end, just a system of distributing "things" based
on competition. In my opinion to make it into one's religion is irrational."

Unfortunately, you miss the morality of capitalism. It is the economic underpinning to liberty and real freedom. It is also value for value, the trader's philosophy. Everything in life falls under the trader's philosophy whether you choose to recognize that or not.

And BTW, the only thing sure in the universe is change -- to think a society can be stable is erroneous and an illusion. It is this trade-off with the federal government for this short-term illusion which is eroding our freedoms. I do not enjoy it when others are willing to trade off my freedoms for their transitory illusions of stability.

Father Terrence
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