Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 20:43:01 -0700 From: Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org> To: tlambert@primenet.com Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Extreme political views (Was Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already?) Message-ID: <200005170343.UAA26209@sharmas.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <200005170210.TAA09486@usr05.primenet.com> References: <200005170210.TAA09486@usr05.primenet.com>
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In muc.lists.freebsd.chat, you wrote: > > > Pointing to a corrupt regime that pays lip service to the idea of > Capitalism, but is in fact an ideological cesspool in no way proves > anything. > > You are effectively arguing against the existance of altruism; when > someone does this, I generally conclude that they read Ayn Rand at > an early age, and bought into the idea of the Aristotilian mean > that allows people to ask questions like "Yes or no: have you > stopped beating your wife?", and expect answers. The problem here > is that there are not only two answers, and your argument excludes > the middle from consideration. > If you go back and read the thread, I was precisely arguing against this kind of black and white portrayal of communism and capitalism (communism = evil, capitalism = success, prosperity). I brought up the Indian state of Kerala as an example where communism wasn't bad for the people - not as a model state. The state has its own set of problems due to the lack of any major industry. -Arun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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