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Also, this is pretty weak as climaxes go. Probably due to utter exhaustion.

John, do you suppose that acts of terrorism and guerrilla warfare will continue (as most do)? It will be interesting to see how the public responds to it. If your thesis is right, they'll become increasingly hostile to the Tigers as the 1T wears on.

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No sane person wakes up one morning and decides to wreak random destruction. The whole point of nihilism is that it's total destruction backed by "moral beliefs" and "ideals." Nihilism is not just destruction; it's destruction with a purpose. The Nomads of Nazi Germany created the Holocaust based o...

Matt1989 wrote: Only because you hold capitalism up as the ultimate ideal. 1) Inaccurate. I hold individual liberty as the ultimate ideal. Capitalism is a vehicle to exercise individual liberties. But it's a specific form of capitalism that is analytically respectful of individual liberty. That's f...

No. Capitalism under any definition cannot exist simultaneously with central economic planning. If such a definition exists, it is perverted and wrong. "State Capitalism" is an oxymoron. What I am describing is "Corporatism" - the merging of corporate and state interests. Such an arrangement is dia...

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John,
The page title of your most recent article reads 'The Economic Outlook for 2009.'

How so? We weren't capitalist in the first place. The US hasn't been capitalist for nearly a century. Capitalism embraces failure as much as it does success. Our governments have been seeking to eliminate failure by any means necessary. That is a patently anti-capitalist motive. There are a lot of ...

FWIW, the Pequot War began in 1634.