Re: Leftists knocking Friedman ?

On Feb 20, 8:40 pm, Vide...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 19, 11:16 am, Lysander <lysan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Feb 16, 12:20 pm, Vide...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Feb 16, 2:04 am, problems@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >  i will boil it down to its most rawest form for you. hayek and
> > > freidman tried in vain to window dress the failures of the robber
> > > baron era, the golden age, imperiaism, colonialism. into a system
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> > > appeared to benefit the wolds population.
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> > You have no clue to as to what Hayek and Freidman were saying. They
> > were an extension of the classical economist who spoke heavily against
> > government intervention. Smith nor Freidman sup****ted colonialism or
> > the government policies of the eras you speak of. They were clearly
> > against Merchantilism which was a  characteristic of these ages. You
> > are really not arguing that Colonialism was free trade and Laisez-
> > Faire. Are you? Sorry but setting up monopolies, banning certain
> > im****ts and forcing others to buy your ex****ts at the point of a gun
> > is not capitalism.
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>  capitalism is a economic system that can reside comfortably with any
> political system, just ask the chinese:) there never was a invisible
> hand to begin with.

>hayeks and freidmans polices coincide comfortably
> with colonialism, imperialism, and fascism. in fact, every one who
> embraces such policies happen to be one of the above. remember
> pinochet, thatcher, reagan, etc.

You have no idea what Hayek or Freidman argue. They have most anti-
colonism, anti-facism, and anti-socialism arguments. You also have no
clue to what capitalism and socialism are if you think Pinochet was a
capitalist.