http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:56:27 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/122145.php#comment-103728 That comes back to a lack of understanding of history. Lack of concern, really. Americans seem to me to be the most anti-historical people that ever existed. 103728@blogcritics.org Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:56:27 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/122145.php#comment-103710 My guess is that people who think unregulated capitalism is the be-all and end-all to our problems are assuming that such a system *will* benefit them. I think that they understand that some people might get crushed, but I don't think that they're too worried about what happens to other people. The market will sort it out, after all. 103710@blogcritics.org Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:09:40 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/122145.php#comment-103460 as you said, look to self-interest: corporations and their shills often lose sight of anything but the pursuit of profit, which IS their job, but why they have to be regulated and their efforts channelled 103460@blogcritics.org Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:57:28 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/122145.php#comment-103451 I can't under understand why anyone with a little historical knowledge would come to any other conclusion, Eric. 103451@blogcritics.org Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:45:49 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/122145.php#comment-103355 I have zero doubt that government has a crucial role in regulating capitalism, that pure capitalism does not create a workable society, and that the impulses of capital must be mitigated by the rights of labor and the needs of the greater society 103355@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:39:48 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/122145.php#comment-103335 Rand wouldn't take anything even approaching my social positions. No, there's no convenient handle I can hang on my viewpoints. Other than practical, maybe. 103335@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:17:53 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/122145.php#comment-103321 P6, sounds like enlightened self-interest - are you a Randian? 103321@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:58:22 EST