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nature of reality · Nov 22, 2003, 11:32 am

G. Adams.

THE ECONOMY IS NOT BASE SUM!!!!

Look at all the material wealth we have today.

Why do we have more then we did 400 years ago? or 4,000 years ago? If wealth is static, we should be just as wretched.

But what you refuse to acknowledge is the effect of technology. You still see the economy as a bunch of men clobbering each other with clubs, as that is the only existance you could suceed at.

Mutual trade-to Mutual Advantage increases the wealth for everyone. Not that it matters, even if it made us all poorer it would be the only non-violent and moral way to live.

When the government can legally act as a pickpocket, repression is soon on the heels. In the world of crime, a murderer beats the pickpocket, and then the qualifiy strata for goods is not how much you can offer to trade, but how brutal you can be.

Stalin, the nearest thing to communism some people can manage to still live under.

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nature of reality Molten Ash Posts: 134	G. Adams. THE ECONOMY IS NOT BASE SUM!!!! Look at all the material wealth we have today. Why do we have more then we did 400 years ago? or 4,000 years ago? If wealth is static, we should be just as wretched. But what you refuse to acknowledge is the effect of technology. You still see the economy as a bunch of men clobbering each other with clubs, as that is the only existance you could suceed at. Mutual trade-to Mutual Advantage increases the wealth for everyone. Not that it matters, even if it made us all poorer it would be the only non-violent and moral way to live. When the government can legally act as a pickpocket, repression is soon on the heels. In the world of crime, a murderer beats the pickpocket, and then the qualifiy strata for goods is not how much you can offer to trade, but how brutal you can be. Stalin, the nearest thing to communism some people can manage to still live under. Whats wrong with Liberty?