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New I think that'd be giving him more credit than is due.
Suppose, for the sake of discussion, that crusader bunnypants really believes that the world will be a better place with his buddies (all completely trustworthy, in his eyes) running the whole show.

Maybe its my built-in distrust of big-time capitalists. But I just cannot imagine that any dyed-in-the-wool capitalist ever thinks about "everybody" except to ponder the extent to which they can be exploited.

I, too, am leary of anyone claiming moral superiority. It's just I can still remember the first utterance from the prof of my macro-Econ class as a freshman. He, a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist, said, "Capitalism is built upon self interest. It depends on the uneven distribution in wealth and the individual's drive to have more. That is why it works. That is why no other system ever will." (That's very close to literal). I remember being disgusted with that sentiment. And I am still.
bcnu,
Mikem

Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
New Distrust and disgust are fine
I tend to share both when regarding extremists at either end of the spectrum. In the same way I would tend to doubt Bush's sincerity, I would also be hesitant to assume altruistic motives in AK47 packing social activists.

I find that "good", "bad", "greedheads" are probably too simplistic to be useful when dealing with a complicated world. YMMV.
     Boys arrested for stick figure drawings - (jbrabeck) - (49)
         Little girl drew mustache on a piture of Stalin - (Arkadiy) - (44)
             Heh... -NT - (CRConrad)
             Consider what this says - (jake123) - (42)
                 I did. - (Arkadiy) - (7)
                     Which begs the question... - (xtensive) - (5)
                         Or, more interestingly, if - (Arkadiy) - (4)
                             Dunno 'bout Ashton, but I'd give 'em a high five. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1)
                                 Yep. That's what I though. -NT - (Arkadiy)
                             Ever see the movie, 'Forbidden Games' ? - (Ashton) - (1)
                                 "Your question was what _?" Indeed. -NT - (Arkadiy)
                     Is there a difference? - (jake123)
                 Did you read the article? - (tuberculosis) - (33)
                     Intervention - yes. Handcuffs - no. - (Arkadiy) - (28)
                         Maybe to the psychiatric hospital then? - (mmoffitt) - (24)
                             I don't know what will work - (Arkadiy) - (23)
                                 Some things about the old guard weren't that bad. - (mmoffitt) - (22)
                                     You're getting worse. - (Arkadiy) - (21)
                                         ICLRPD (new thread) - (drewk)
                                         Oh BTW - (Arkadiy) - (19)
                                             How terribly witty. - (mmoffitt) - (18)
                                                 And, BTW. - (mmoffitt)
                                                 Well, how is it bullshit? - (Arkadiy) - (16)
                                                     Worse, he's beginning to look a lot like Bush - (Simon_Jester) - (14)
                                                         I guess so... -NT - (Arkadiy)
                                                         So, you're comfortable with a democracy that yields a Bush.. - (mmoffitt) - (12)
                                                             I'll take Bush over Hussein or Stalin, ten times over - (Arkadiy) - (5)
                                                                 Perhaps. - (mmoffitt) - (4)
                                                                     About labels and absolutes.. - (hnick) - (2)
                                                                         I think that'd be giving him more credit than is due. - (mmoffitt) - (1)
                                                                             Distrust and disgust are fine - (hnick)
                                                                     And that goes back to my argument - (Arkadiy)
                                                             Democracy is a risk.... - (Simon_Jester) - (5)
                                                                 "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." :-D -NT - (mmoffitt) - (4)
                                                                     That's the point right there - (jake123) - (1)
                                                                         And we haven't been doing too well on that score, have we? -NT - (mmoffitt)
                                                                     "Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." - (a6l6e6x) - (1)
                                                                         Wasn't he paraphrasing Cicero? - (Another Scott)
                                                     I don't think democracy is a "lie". - (mmoffitt)
                         Agree'd - (tuberculosis) - (2)
                             Working on it: this decade, non-Corp\ufffd drugs___next, heresy. -NT - (Ashton)
                             Huh??? What kind of apostrophymania is *this*, now?!? -NT - (CRConrad)
                     Another version of the story. - (Another Scott) - (3)
                         knowing the redness of the ocala cops necks - (daemon)
                         And this would be a bad thing? - (ben_tilly) - (1)
                             Yes, it would. - (Another Scott)
         Terribly excessive - (JayMehaffey) - (3)
             Worse than that. - (bepatient) - (2)
                 Can't blame them, really. - (jake123) - (1)
                     Insurance.. is that not just another Corporation? - (Ashton)

My own limited experience with his work has struck me as being despondent in tone. I get that, but if I wanted to be hopeless and depressed about the state of the world I would just listen to the voices in my head.
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