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To: TigerPaw who wrote (268574)	1/20/2006 7:30:11 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1574096

They are only sheltered if they are a main interest. I mean a different type of shelter. I'm talking about things like tariffs, and government benefits, and barriers to trade or competition. They are a problem not a solution, but they do result in areas less subject to competition (and to the extent that they do provide such shelters the country is worse for it). This means you must shift your focus from what you want and know to some other area to survive. This is possible, perhaps even likely in any system that doesn't provide some special protection for your favorite activity. In a primitive hunter gatherer society you have few choices about what to do. You might hunt, you might gather, you might make speak points, maybe a few other things. If your passion is to do one of those things than lucky you but if not you don't have a lot of choice. In a feudalistic society you are likely to have very limited choices largely determined by the social class you are born in to. In an extremely communist society you do what the party tells you to. A capitalist society lets you do what you want to do, to a far greater extent than the alternatives. It does not guarantee that you can support yourself with your favorite activity, but than no system does. Tim