Comments on: An excerpt from my memoirs… https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/16/an-excerpt-from-my-memoirs/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:14:20 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/16/an-excerpt-from-my-memoirs/#comment-49758 RL Tue, 17 May 2022 23:03:25 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94332#comment-49758 How so? How so?

]]> By: Pebble https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/16/an-excerpt-from-my-memoirs/#comment-49755 Pebble Tue, 17 May 2022 19:20:54 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94332#comment-49755 The Tory party are enabling this for their best mates The Tory party are enabling this for their best mates

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/16/an-excerpt-from-my-memoirs/#comment-49750 RL Tue, 17 May 2022 01:42:37 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94332#comment-49750 Or for some imagined alien species... for humans, however, it could never work. Pure unfettered capitalism is equally unacceptable... for many of the same reasons. No system that allows a single person to acquire 100's of billions while his fellow citizens starve should be allowed to continue. No system that allows the wealthy to buy control of politicians is ever going to be just. I do not know what an ideal system would be, but I do know that humanity has only 'progressed' away from it. We long ago passed the exit for that utopia, and those that are now driving the bus have no plans to turn back. Or for some imagined alien species… for humans, however, it could never work.

Pure unfettered capitalism is equally unacceptable… for many of the same reasons.

No system that allows a single person to acquire 100′s of billions while his fellow citizens starve should be allowed to continue.

No system that allows the wealthy to buy control of politicians is ever going to be just.

I do not know what an ideal system would be, but I do know that humanity has only ‘progressed’ away from it. We long ago passed the exit for that utopia, and those that are now driving the bus have no plans to turn back.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/16/an-excerpt-from-my-memoirs/#comment-49744 podrock Mon, 16 May 2022 19:32:11 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94332#comment-49744 Unrestrained Capitalism is dangerous. Unrestrained Capitalism is dangerous.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/16/an-excerpt-from-my-memoirs/#comment-49741 BuckGalaxy Mon, 16 May 2022 19:15:49 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94332#comment-49741 Capitalism with rules. Capitalism doesn't work with monopolies. Fraud is a crime. Corporations need to pay for negative externalities such as pollution. Polishing the rough edges of capitalism that leaves those at the bottom in desperate situations is necessary for social stability. The free market will on its own move resources to where they are in demand. There is no need for a government bureaucrat to decide how much milk and meat is delivered daily to every supermarket in America. The free market does it on its own. Goods and services will naturally flow to where they are valued as a law of nature. But regulations are needed to make sure the milk and meat aren't tainted, and governments need to intervene if there are disruptions from natural disasters, wars etc. Capitalism with rules. Capitalism doesn’t work with monopolies. Fraud is a crime. Corporations need to pay for negative externalities such as pollution. Polishing the rough edges of capitalism that leaves those at the bottom in desperate situations is necessary for social stability. The free market will on its own move resources to where they are in demand. There is no need for a government bureaucrat to decide how much milk and meat is delivered daily to every supermarket in America. The free market does it on its own. Goods and services will naturally flow to where they are valued as a law of nature. But regulations are needed to make sure the milk and meat aren’t tainted, and governments need to intervene if there are disruptions from natural disasters, wars etc.

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