alt.politics.economics

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:40:46 -0700
Jerry Kraus wrote:

> On Sep 6, 12:53 am, Duncan Patton wrote:
> > On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:59:47 -0700
> >
> > Jerry Kraus wrote:
> >
> > > As I said, Capitalism is a religion. Blind faith instead of rational
> > > thinking. That's why we've got the religious right in bed with right
> > > wing economists like Mr. Sowell. Just do what the Bible tells you for
> > > Health Care. After all, we haven't made any medical progress in the
> > > last 3,000 years, have we?
> >
> > It's only _part_ of a religion, really: Calvinism with no God. Like Marxism
> > is Judaism respun without Yaweh.
>
> Nice quick analysis. Simplistic, but has truth to it.
> >
> > Dhu
>
>

"In 20 words or less...."

Yah. It is oversimplification. Particularly in that it ignores Capitalism's
real value as a good machine for organizing people's efforts. It just doesn't
rate highly as a Philosophy of Existence.

Dhu