From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 08:54:25 +0800
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Nature of Anarchy/ Anarchy of Nature
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In <v03007802afa54d564265@[10.0.2.15]>, on 05/18/97 at 06:25 PM,
   Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com> said:


>At 5:52 PM -0500 5/18/97, William H. Geiger III wrote:
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>>In <199705182225.PAA03246@fat.doobie.com>, on 05/18/97 at 04:25 PM,
>>   nobody@huge.cajones.com (Huge Cajones Remailer) said:
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>>[New Age Snip]
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>>>I believe this was a major quantum leap in the history of  human  thought
>>>and concioussness. A giant step in the right direction of our  true
>>>divinity but it was sorely flawed; By the concept of property  rights.
>>>This is where the founding fathers eogos got in the way.
>>
>>>The liberation movements of the last century have been based on the  same
>>>concept of unalienable rights and have attempted to fine tune  the
>>>document for  a more equitable distribution of planet power to  correct
>>>the flaw.
>>
>><sigh> There is a fundamental fact of politics/economics that a socialist
>>economy and a democratic political structure can not co-exsist.
>>
>>The concept of property rights is not a flaw but the foundation on which
>>the constitution and this country is built on. Without the ability to
>>controll ones own property all other rights fall by the wayside.
>>
>>I sugest reading "The Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith for a better
>>understanding of Capitalism and why it is the *only* economic model that
>>works for a free society.
>>

>Even better, "The Road to Surfdom," F.A. Hayek, totally debunks the basis
>of a planned economy and how the loss of property ownership and economic
>freedom leads directly and inevitably to totalitarianism.

Yes, very good read. Have you read any of his other works?

I thought that Smith was a good start as it was his economic philosophy
that guided our founding fathers.

I find it rather depressing that too few people understand the
relationships between economics & politics and how they affect the freedom
of the individule. 

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