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Originally Posted by cmac2012
... And then, sometimes, they wake up in rubble with a huge headache, a la Germany 1945. ... Or they behave like Tom Cruise. Or Alan Greenspan. ... Oops.
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Germany, 1945?
That was capitalism? Hooboyhowdy!
Tom is a nutcase...no capitalism there...just chasing a ghost of some dead sci-fi writer...his reward has nothing to do with reality.
Greenspan? Capitalism WITHOUT checks and balances isn't good anyway you package it...someone was doing some "insider trading" to allow the fox into the henhouse...
Capitalism, with
properly enforced checks and balances beats any other system out there, or that has expired, hands down...
And, like anything...ignore the important parts, forget about maintenance and leave certain individuals in charge WAY TOO LONG and you'll witness the death of any good idea, regardless it's origins.
That is a proven truism...