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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @CliffBadger 2 Dec \ parent \ on: The foolish temptation to feel superior AskSN
All of these mass murders happened because of statism. This is what it means to have a mixed economy. It means there's a mix of peaceful market trade and violent statist tax disputes.
True but the reality is that the use of the states power is decisive in deciding the allocation of wealth and resources.
Without good government free enterprise alone cannot protect and preserve wealth and security- private enterprise lacks the incentive and mandate to provision collective security.
There has never been an enduring dominant economy without the support of good government.
Without government there is no law, no security and thus very limited ability to invest and build a strong economy.
Private enterprise depends upon the provision of law and order, property rights and rule of law.
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There's no such thing as collective security. Private enterprise has plenty of incentive to provide security to those who can afford it.
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Not when it comes to rare earths it doesn't.
Nor many other supply chains because the wests neoliberalised economies are bloated with rentseeking parasitic infrastructure cartels and monopolists and lack of proper investment in providing the basics of industrial productive capacity at the lowest cost.
The only way for USA to regain military capacity is massive government investment.
Even then the US industrial structure is so depleted it may never happen even with billions poured into it.
Without the protective security of the nation state and good government strategic management and development of the nations labour, skills, infrastructure and resources private enterprise devolves into a law of the jungle survivalist mode. Look at the third world- that's where Libertarian idiocy will take you.
Without good government free enterprise is a headless chicken.
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But you're not even talking about enforcement of basic laws against rape and murder. You're saying the government has to be making the final decisions on agriculture, transportation, and every other industry in the economy measured against the greater good of the nation as envisioned by a single political party. So don't even compare it to the wild west because you're asking to go above and beyond simple "law and order."
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You are not engaging in a good faith sequential debate. You invariably change the focus of the dialogue and grossly misrepresent what I have said with absurd and deliberate distortions thus avoiding any credible sequential reasoning from occurring...because at each step your reasoning is faulty and you must constantly avoid the tragedy of your delusions and the conclusions they take us to.
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What am I misrepresenting? Do you not think the state has a divine right to dictate to the market what to produce and for whom and for what price? Is the state not your god?
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You are not demonstrating any comprehension of what I write.
You repeatedly misrepresent what I have said in the most mendacious and trolling manner.
Read back over the hundreds of comments we have exchanged and see what I mean.
If you cannot see it for yourself then I do not have time or will to explain it for you.
Here is just one example for you-
'You're saying the government has to be making the final decisions on agriculture, transportation, and every other industry in the economy measured against the greater good of the nation as envisioned by a single political party.'
I never said that- it is a gross misrepresentation and only achieves the frustration of any logical good faith reasoned dialogue. If you cannot see that there is no point in any further dialogue.
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What's the point of a good faith conversation here in the private sector if the state has already discovered every truth there is to know?