At 06:58 PM 4/10/2000 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: >> > >> >There has NEVER been a free market in human history. Theory may say they >> >are good, though I can use that same theory to show why they will >> >monopolise naturaly. Lightly regulated is the best you can do. >> > >> Lightly regulated equals just a little bit of socialism. Friedrich Hayek >> said the inevitable result of socialism is tyranny. That's how we ended up >> with the federal leviathan we have today: just a little bit of socialism in >> the constitution. I'd rather have monopolies. > >Actualy lightly regulated means lightly regulated. The actual form could >be socialist, democratic, anarchic (i.e. mob, er, majority rule), etc. > >You'll love it then, you're guaranteed to get 'em (monopolies that is). Lightly regulated would be no big deal. But lightly regulated has always progressed to tyrannically regulated (and taxed). The history of the USA is no exception. Business monopolies could never screw up our lives the way governments do. David Neilson
