 | | Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less? —Scott Arthur
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| | | I prefer "Would Libertopia cause the needy to get less?" Libertopia infers that it is accomplishable - that man is willing to re-distribute his wealth. The fact that man, today, is willing to have kids working in sweat shops in the developing world (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less? —Bill Farkas
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| | | | | (...) Sweat shops in this country are primarily inhabited by illegal immigrants - since their actions are predicated on being "illegal", what protections do they have? As for third world country sweat shops - a people as a whole allow themselves to (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less? —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | (...) In a Libertopia, just as much as you. (...) They operate in very desperate circumstances. Supply and demand in an unregulated labour market means that they must work at the "market rate" and at the market conditions - just like in Libertopia. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less? —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | (...) Pardon? Isn't the fact that man is willing to redistribute his wealth a truism since we see that it happens in every nation every day? But aside from that, how is Libertopia dependant on that willingness any more than any economy? (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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