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Originally Posted by Botnst
You maybe right.
Comparing free market capitalism with every other economic system in the history of the planet, we learn that more people have acquired more wealth and a higher standard of living under this system than any other.
This doesn't prove it is the best possible system. It is simply evidence in support of the argument that no other system yet devised has lifted so many people so quickly.
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Lifted? Obesity and reduced individual skill levels seem to follow excessive affluence. What's excessive? Tough one to answer.
And this notion of acquired wealth is a tricky one. What is wealth?