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[eppie]

Ah, I guess this is Junior high.

Told you so. Neener, neener.

I've been thinking deep thoughts about this "cost to the commons" issue. Clearly even if every nation is a good communist enlightened state, there will be some sort of market dynamic between the nations. Something may be in the best interest of a certain country and yet globally harmful. What we need is a single Communist World State, so that for example Supreme Brother Eppie's words of wisdom on beef rations can be applied equally to every man, woman, and child around the globe. And everyone can play Diablo for free (although personal computers may not be allowed if the world electric supply cannot support one for every family).

Until that day comes I will be eating as many steer and piggies as my pocket book allows, and thanking the good Lord for high metabolism.

First I am not opposed to a more or less free market. But nowadays are western free market isn't free. Weapons, agriculture, fishing are in some way all subsidized, I would just hope the hard core market capitalists would admit that. A very free capitalist state favours the ones who have a lot already, so it is not as free as we say it is. More socialism means more favouring of people who have less....so finally not so much technical difference.

Further, modern capitalism has survived for what now? 50 years? I think it is very premature to say it is a working system, especially if you see that wealth increase is unequal at least, but you might also say localized.
Capitalism in the netherlands started in the end of the 16th century, and led to a golden century, but after taht it was not sustainable in the same way, so changes will have to be made.


And for you childish meat eating comment. Enjoy it while you can consumption in the west will have to go down because it is not sustainable at the moment. And that is not because of communism.