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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:59:35 +0200
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2024-10-23, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 23 Oct 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-10-23, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2024-10-22, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> In that sense the companies themselves have gone 'socialist' in that, like
>>>>>>> Marx, they regard economics as a zero sum game.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Incorrect. By design they do what they do, and whether the economy is
>>>>>> zero sum (it is not) or not, does not really apply. That is why todays
>>>>>> crypto-socialist government is so extremely dangerous. It subverts and
>>>>>> distorts the markets, just by existing.
>>>>>
>>>>> As opposed to large corporations subverting and distorting the markets,
>>>>> as God intended.
>>>>
>>>> They do it with the help of the governments. By themselves, per
>>>> definition, they are not able to over time.
>>>>
>>>>>>> That is, it isn't about creating more wealth, it's about who gets to own
>>>>>>> what there is left.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> True.
>>>>>
>>>>> I.e., a zero-sum game.
>>>>
>>>> No, it is not, and that is proven by economics. The proof is that we are
>>>> 8.2 billion people on the planet and we've never had it better.
>
> FSVO "we".
>
>>>> If economy was zero sum, we'd be dead by now.
>>>
>>> Give it time...
>>
>> Exactly. No proof, so far.
>
> "So far, so good," the man falling past the 5th floor of the
> Empire State building was heard to say.

That's nonsense and you know it.