Wednesday

The three cardinal values of the Objectivist ethics ... are: Reason, Purpose, Self-Esteem, with their three corresponding virtues: Rationality, Productiveness, Pride.-- Ayn Rand

So, I haven't posted much recently (past 2 days)

I'm going to Dupsfest (is that what it's called?) for du reasons, numero uno be Corsair is playing and el dos be that it's for a good cause (WHAT? James and Charity? yes, charity is great)



Finally, a discussion on Laissez-faire capitalism and why we need it.

first off, government intervention is what got us into the trouble we're in in the first place (WHAT? but i thought it was sub-prime mortgages? (Yes, it was, and the government sparked that fire)) so the solution is, what? more government, err, wrong. we need less government.

*but James, won't that mean companies wil die?

yes, and those companies deserve to die (the vast majority, anyways) because they made a huge mistake without thinking of the outcome (Sub-Prime mortgages, Really guys? how unintelligent are you?)

*James, if the government moves out of the way, won't wal~mart rule the world?

No, Wal~Mart has no real power, all they have is a perceived power. if their distributors (or customers) get frustrated and decide to leave, Wal~Mart would die (not like kind of dead, DEAD dead)

*But James, what about the MONOPOLIES???

what kind are we taking about? if were talking about vertical expansion, who cares? other companies could do the same to expand and compete as well. And Horizontal, only works under certain conditions, those conditions being government involvement. (lobbyist of big corporations use the club of the government to cripple their competitors with odd-ball legislation) no one can control enough of a horizontal expansion without the government to do any real harm to the economy.

*But how far are we talking here? how much government gone?

All of it, everything privatized, no more government in the economy. Government would only serve it's purpose of protecting it's citizens. (military, police, court system)

*But wait, wouldn't privatization be EVIL??!!

By what standards? Private schools would be cheap and you could send your child to the school you want based on it's curriculum (not on where you live) and those without children wouldn't be bullied into paying for an education system they're not using. Privatized roads would be more efficient and cost-effective and only the people who use them would have to pay for them (NO MORE GOVERNMENT STEALING)

*BUT, BUT, oh, poopstains.

ok, then? that made very little sense and wasn't actually a question.

*what about the Great Depression, wasn't that caused by free market?

No, a totally free market has never existed in the entire world to this date, and the Great Depression was caused by money speculation of the government during the 1920s (ROARING 20s, the false economic boom after WWI). Free market is the only way for a civilized system to work (nobody should steal from anybody, EVER)