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Date Posted: 15:11:34 07/29/00 Sat
Author: Tony Bertram
Subject: Re: A New Work By Tony Bertram
In reply to: SwimmingUpstream 's message, "Re: A New Work By Tony Bertram" on 09:14:12 07/29/00 Sat

But I don't like his test:

I think the true test of the libertarian scheme is whether an impoverished but talented individual from a disfavored group could get a start in it.

Get "started" at what? Economics uber alles... still...


Yes - it's back to economics.

The July 2000 issue of the Progressive Review (print version) features a 10-page piece "The Counterfeit Economy" by editor Sam Smith. Smith is an old-fashioned liberal - who empathizes with labor and small business - and still salutes the flag.

Smith criticizes the prevailing view that the economy is the basis of society. He describes capitalists as "single-factor fetishists":

Marxists and capitalists share an obsession with money and a taste for annoying, cliched mantras. They also share a willingness to reduce the complexity of human existence to just a couple of choices.

Funny that a right-winger like me should find himself agreeing with a leftie...

---Tony

[ The Progressive Review website is available at
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