pizzazzaro wrote: >So... How are we to ensure that we have these "benevolent Capitalists"? Good point, that's a tough one. Sometimes there will obviously be a

pizzazzaro wrote: >So... How are we to ensure that we have these "benevolent Capitalists"? Good point, that's a tough one. Sometimes there will obviously be a devastating shortage, or none available at all. Maybe the only benevolence some cultures will be able to muster is an incomplete removal of opportunity. I would estimate real benevolence should be obvious to the widest of consensus, and easily distinguishable almost universally from situations where there is some doubt. Not saying it's easy or possible to ensure anything, especially an anti-greed approach during a greed-power consolidation trend lasting longer than a lifetime.