[MD] Capitalism

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From: david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Sent: Thu, February 25, 2010 12:22:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Capitalism


Platt wondered:
Without the concept of real estate ownership protected by law what's to prevent my gang from coming into your "space" and kicking you out?


dmb says:

Oh Please. Gang rule is the opposite of civilization regardless of the specific concepts of ownership that obtain. I mean, it's more than a little ridiculous to suggest that gang rule and property rights under capitalism are the only options. What keeps your gang from coming into my space is not the concept of real estate ownership. It's the police and the legal system. It's the government. As Jefferson said in our most famous document, people have rights and "governments are instituted among men in order to secure these rights". This is far more noble than merely protecting turf. Every government and every gang boss protects turf. Hell, chickens and monkeys and dogs protect turf. Every two year old's favorite word is "mine, mine, mine" but nobody mistakes it for a political philosophy. 

Ron:
Greenspan did