(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 57, Issue 16

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes danldo at gmail.com
Mon May 18 14:57:15 PDT 2009


Josh,

Some of us call it "playing by the rules of the game." Money as such
(that is a standardized and common currency) is a creation of a
government and as such subject to rules set by that government.
Attempts to pretend otherwise are the economic equivalent of
solipsism.

--Dan'l

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:41 PM,  <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
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>> And finally, I agree with your quoted description of socialism. But it
>> clearly has nothing to do with robbing anyone.
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> ??
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> Obtaining money by threat of violence is not robbery?
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>>                                                  Governments redistribute
>> wealth all the time.
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> And this wealth is obtained by armed robbery. What is a better word for
> it? Extortion, perhaps. We can call it extortion if you prefer.
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-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes



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