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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (36811)	7/31/2003 5:08:14 PM
From: AC Flyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi DJ: >>For the record, I dont dispute anybody his or her right to succeed and get rich. It just starts to suck when the individualism of success turns into a system of garden parties, pork barrel drives etc. Why not call it (in this case) the classical class brawl? Then you just can turn to classics like Marx and Engels. And Michael Moore;)<< You know, DJ, I never claimed that capitalism was fair, or rewarded the just and the virtuous, or was even particularly palatable to watch. It's often kinda disgusting. It's just far, far better than the alternative, which is having the likes of Raymond Duray and Malcolm Bersohn decide who deserves what. Of course, in reality, every Western economy including the USA is waaaay down the road to rampant socialism, with the talented, the hard-working and the productive carrying the load of those who deserve to consume more than they produce.