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Old 05-10-2011, 01:14 PM   #187 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by roachboy View Post
traditionally, the whiny petit bourgeois victim likes to fantasize about manly man competition as an entryway into some curious "moral economy" be it processed through martial virtues or through some pseudo-neutral language like market "fitness".
Which is ironic considering that America was founded on nanny-statist protectionist measures overseeing precious business interests. Corporate America has no idea what a free market looks like. It has no idea what its true market fitness is. But the likes of China and India are dying to know. But, alas, I don't even think Tea Partiers are interested in dismantling the nanny state. Too much risk involved. The world is a scary place across those oceans, you know.
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