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I don't understand how you can think this is the be-all-and-end-all of economic thought. You are literally regurgitating a line ("Letting the market allocate re

I don't understand how you can think this is the be-all-and-end-all of economic thought. You are literally regurgitating a line ("Letting the market allocate resources has a lot of inefficiencies, but it works better than any alternative that has been tried.") you were probably taught in middle school without the slightest hint of irony. I'm not saying it's untrue because it's taught early, but I am saying that it seems you haven't done much due diligence beyond that.

lmm 13y ago
I was a communist until age 20 or so, but keep beating up that strawman.
- AkimChristine 13y ago
  So you swung from one idiotic ideology to the opposite one. Eric Hoffer had a lot to say about this. The Communists recruit from the Nazis, and the Nazis recruit from the Communists, because all ideological mass movements (even "opposing" ones) are made up of the same idiots and losers who can't think for themselves--who can't make an intelligent decision without submission to some ridiculous utopian fantasy whether it's rightwing or left.