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incredibly optimistic about the capacity of the laissez faire capitalist

Posted by: lark on October 29, 1999 at 17:01:05:

In Reply to: tip of iceberg posted by Gee on October 29, 1999 at 13:26:18:

Your incredibly optimistic about the capacity of the laissez faire capitalist holy trinity of business people, voluntary organistations and informal care to correct all these problems which I think require regulation and public interest planning (hang about I didnt say by a state or a highly centralised authoritarianism), the question I have is why hasnt the existing mix, which in places like the US or UK is very biased in an unintelligent/unenlightened way towards laissez faire, resolved this? And wouldn't your stateless Capitalism, implying a lack of regulation, lead to accelerated short-termist planning and extinguishing of precious resources even faster?
P.S. Cuba's got a cure for Cancer and they didnt need capitalism or free masonary to do it.

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