Re: Take Back Your Time Day

G*rd*n wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G*rd*n):
> > > > I've made the same argument myself, but against the
> > > > proposition that such differentials _prove_ the superiority
> > > > of capitalism.  I'm not claiming a proof, just a persuasive
> > > > correlation.  I'll let the cap fans argue this with you from
> > > > here on; there are enough of them to allow me to spare
> > > > myself the task.
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> Constantinople wrote:
> > > It seems as though infant mortality rate is a stand-in for the general
> > > quality of life, and in that case, it seems as though tg is arguing that
> > > there is not the slightest bit of empirical evidence that capitalism is
> > > even one tiny little bit better than a command economy at making human life
> > > even a tiny fraction of a bit better. That seems to be his point, anyway.
> > > And it's just so way out that I don't really see the point in responding.
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> test5253 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > no. "you people" seem to say that capitalism is one thing that gives the
> > same advantageous situation for every nation but it does no such thing.
> > ...
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> Either median infant mortality dropped during the rise of
> capitalism, or it didn't.  If it did, then capitalism fans
> can argue that that was due to the rise of capitalism.  A
> quick end to the argument would be to show that infant
> mortality remained the same or increased.
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> If cap fans want to argue that capitalism is advantageous for
> every nation they will have to go quite a bit further: define
> "advantageous" and show that such conditions are produced
> everywhere by the operations of capitalism.  Some cases will be
> difficult, such as the statistics coming out of Russia in the
> 1990s.  The proposition above is far more limited.

as if inventions and all human activity could be labeled capitalist
just because the system in some contries in the us and europe
were capitalist. great.

fishermen would have to fish regardless of
the political system in the US.

get it?


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