tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post1854288587946276987..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Capitalism and big governmentgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-24638499847153080532014-01-20T01:51:33.641-05:002014-01-20T01:51:33.641-05:00But if we think the two processes go together, we ...But if we think the two processes go together, we don't really have to worry about which is the chicken or the egg. gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-74492966301337902412014-01-20T01:20:19.563-05:002014-01-20T01:20:19.563-05:00How do you define "more capitalism?" If ...How do you define "more capitalism?" If capitalism is the the private control of capital then we have a definitional problem as the statement implies that the more private control of capital there is, the bigger government is. But the government share of GDP figures will then not really fit.<br /><br />Perhaps by "more capitalism" is meant "the more concentrated the private control of capital" the bigger government. Which might work, since Sweden has a highly concentrated private sector. But then there is a chicken and egg problem, because the more pervasive government, the more it tends to favour concentration of capital.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-27752104548112002782014-01-19T19:23:58.250-05:002014-01-19T19:23:58.250-05:00I am very proud of you left-libertarians. I will g...I am very proud of you left-libertarians. I will give extra credit here. gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-16939239549913325292014-01-19T19:18:47.155-05:002014-01-19T19:18:47.155-05:00Medaille is a distributist, but this is nothing th...Medaille is a distributist, but this is nothing that left-libertarians haven't been saying since, oh, forever.Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-45203027890762238342014-01-19T18:07:54.268-05:002014-01-19T18:07:54.268-05:00Or, to put in another (if I get the gist of the ar...Or, to put in another (if I get the gist of the argument), big defense agencies.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-56189240477968504622014-01-19T14:58:00.233-05:002014-01-19T14:58:00.233-05:00KPres, did you think *at all* before making this ...KPres, did you think *at all* before making this comment. The contention is that capitalism leads to the growth of big government.<br /><br />That is similar to saying, "Smoking leads to cancer."<br /><br />Your response is like responding, "My mother had cancer: therefore, I guess you are saying she must have smoked?!"gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-52237474130239613882014-01-19T14:32:27.665-05:002014-01-19T14:32:27.665-05:00Some comparisons have been made between the Soviet...Some comparisons have been made between the Soviet Union and a giant corporation, so there's that. "Big government" is often a rather vacuous and vague phrase, anyway.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-16701418081078980872014-01-19T13:00:13.520-05:002014-01-19T13:00:13.520-05:00So the Soviets were extreme capitalists?So the Soviets were extreme capitalists?KPreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13338372779788525145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-64551409918369656082014-01-18T13:18:28.692-05:002014-01-18T13:18:28.692-05:00As one anarchist I talk to said, "Capitalism ...As one anarchist I talk to said, "Capitalism absolutely requires the Leviathan.".Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.com