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I was with you up until the intellectually dishonest and unnecessarily provocative remarks about Iraq and Somalia.

• CPLX 10y ago
  Provocative perhaps, but certainly not dishonest. The unregulated behavior of free market actors leads to oligarchy and violent organized crime syndicates. Every time. The idea that capitalism as you recognize it can exist without serious regulation is obvious nonsense.
  • metaphorm 10y ago
    Somalia and Iraq are not examples of capitalism. That is the dishonesty in your previous statement. Additionally, I never made a statement about capitalism without regulation. I believe strongly in useful regulations for capitalism.
    • Mediterraneo10 10y ago
      > Somalia and Iraq are not examples of capitalism. The Mises Institute, a major thinktank for free-market capitalism, has presented several articles in praise of how things are done in Somalia.
      • metaphorm 10y ago
        the delusions (or cultivated lies) of an ideologically extreme organization with a tenuous grasp of reality is not evidence that Somalia or Iraq are actually Capitalist economies.