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Re: Libertarian theory and altruism (was: some incorrectly spelled thing not worth repeating
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:29:39 GMT
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 07:41:52 GMT, Mr L F Braun
<braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
> No, they weren't doing all that badly--they were doing *abysmally*! The entropy
> of that system was increasing dramatically, because 40%+ of GNP was going to
> militarization--the only way to sustain the veneer of prosperity at the upper
> levels was to rob the out-groups of everything--capital, assets, and finally
> their very bodies. Not only was it horrifying, it remains one of the greatest
> snow-jobs of history: that Nazi Germany was somehow prosperous, or even
> sustainable, economically. It's right up there with the 1950s as a "Golden Age"
> of the USA, the French First Republic as a great and true democratic experiment,
> and slavery as the central issue of the US Civil War.
Hmmm. I suppose you're probably right. I'm not much of an expert on
the 19th or 20th century.
Larry, have you ever studied history? I wonder, cause you seem to rely
heavily on that "charity" thing.
Jasper
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