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[quote user="Spideynw"]Well, Mr. Odumba, why don't we have the government own grocery stores, hardware stores, phone companies, and every other company out there to force the private sector to be more competitive? Oh wait, I don't really want to ask him that, because he will say "why not?"[/quote] Please don't give him
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Because it's a bank. Does this mean we could open a checking/saving account there?
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Oh, so that's how you enbed videos. XD Thanks Anarchist Cain.
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But I digress, back on topic: [quote user="Saiphes"]They didn't seem terribly opposed to free market anarchy or forms of agorism, but they despise, it seems, the term "capitalism".[/quote] Ever since it's been co-opted by the NeoCons to mean what Corporatism does as a colloquial, it's no surprise. [quote user="Saiphes"
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[quote user="liberty student"]Do you know anything about Islamic banking?[/quote] You can probably take that as a no from the people. Care to enlighten us, my Liberty loving admin? :3
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[quote user="Daniel"]malgratloprekindle, you are conflating the Muslim religion with the "Muslim" governments.[/quote] Considering it's theocracy in those countries, the point still stands. To be fair, a bit of it has to do with the US's shitty foreign policy. If we stopped supporting either side in dispute, selling them
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[quote user="liberty student"]I don't know what the standard is, but if you know anything about Islamic banking then it is very hard to say western nations are more capitalist.[/quote] I just gave you a source complete with a standard; with monetary and financial freedom. [quote user="liberty student"]People in the west beat
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*Joins forces with Hazlitt and kicks Anarchist Cain's ass* I've read that. It's a good read. One of the books Shane recommended. :)
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[quote user="liberty student"]Muslims are not socialist. They are more capitalist than western nations or Christians in general.[/quote] Not according to the Economic Freedom Index ( http://www.heritage.org/Index/Ranking.aspx ): 6th USA (80.7) 4th Ireland (82.2) 15th Luxembourg (75.2) Canada --> 7th Canada (80.5) 17 th Finland --> Finland
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This guy's videos on economics and politics: http://www.youtube.com/shanedk He presents his points very clearly and concisly and backs them up with plenty of sources to show that in every case, the free market is superior to the alternative.