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Originally Posted by loquitur
capitalism hasn't existed because the government can't resist meddling, and because a fair number of people would prefer getting the playing field tilted for them by the govt rather than compete on the merits. The REAL reactionaries, Roachboy, are the ones who think that if only they and their acolytes had power, they could fix the ills of society. That scam has been going on since long before capitalism was a figment of anyone's imagination, and still lives today.
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Complete nonsense.
Capitalism cannot exist without the modern state. Without "meddling" (e.g., enforcement of contracts, legal standards, guarantees of value through currency & central banking) capitalism could not last one minute. Without state prodding and subsidy of infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, communications) it would be a bigger mess than it is today. "Just in time" and all that crap is unthinkable without massive government participation in the economy. Without the New Deal (=complete Evil, according to you) there would be no consumerism, no Ford, no GM no P&G, no Starbux, no Amazon.com...
It is well known fact of internet life that people tend to be ruder on-line. I wonder if the illusion of unmediated communication also makes them more prone to believe in these Robinsonades/Kindergeschichten.