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Host, you asked whether the US system is superior or not. "Superior" is a comparative term. That's why I asked "compared to what?" Your last post was nonresponsive.

To a degree, I think part of your nonresponsiveness is due to your viewing economics as largely a morality play. I won't discount the moral component of economic systems, or of economics in general, but there's a lot more going on in an economic system than just morality. "Wake the fuck up" implies that, in your view, failure to comply with your particular views of economic morality is a sign of some moral or cognitive deficit. You really mean that? "Disagreeing with Host is immoral or stupid" doesn't strike me as a great guide for behavior........

robot parade, "unregulated capitalism" doesn't exist, and shouldn't. We'll always need police and courts, and we'll always need to enforce laws against fraud and violence. The issue is how much more than that we should assign the government to do. In this country, answers range from "a bit more" to "a whole lot." That particular debate has engrossed a fair number of high-candlepower thinkers for many years, and I don't think we're going to solve it here.