I guess I'm not a 'nationalist' after all

[Insecuritykiller]

Sure, everything has its good and bad sides.

Everything can be compared. Anything in life. Girlfriends, schools, houses, friends. Do you have the best? Do you have something good? Do you have something crap?

Roll the dice of life and hope for the best. It's all you can. If you're lucky you'll get true love. If not wait until next time.

[Guest]

I agree with the last three guests. Vance Packard (1914-1960) wrote some similar things in
The Hidden Persuaders (1957, about advertising), The Status Seekers, 1959, and
The Waste Makers (160, about planned obsolecense).

The fact that some people can become convinced that they only be happy if they have a Rolex and other trappings of wealth is sad, but this is not necessarily a condemnation of "the market". The market is a simple tool of exchange and markets must be free in order to set prices reflective of supply and demand. A good example of a true free market is a flea market. where if Mr. and Mrs. Jones can't get as high a price as they would wish for their zucchini, they might lower the price, or vice-versa. When authoritarian bureaucratic sledgehammer economics are imposed, and it is mandated that "to feed the poor" or whatever, that zucchini can cost no more than a penny a pound, less than the cost of production, no zucchini will be produced, unless the bureaucracy then subsidizes zucchini producers. Many anarchists bad- mouth the "free market", but the alternative is the authoritarian command economy, with subsidies for Archer-Daniels Midland, bailouts for banks, and so on, and do we really want that?
Tom Palven

[Guest]

The market is a simple tool of exchange

ah yes, the myth of market neutrality. lol.

markets must be free in order to set prices reflective of supply and demand

if we decide that we want markets, then, sure, they should be 'free'. then again, we might decide that we don't want markets. (first person to mention mises gets e-slapped.)

Many anarchists bad- mouth the "free market", but the alternative is the authoritarian command economy

fucking nonsense. the alternative to 'market' is 'not-market', where 'non-market can be any number of things. get thee back to mises.org.

subsidies for Archer-Daniels Midland, bailouts for banks, and so on, and do we really want that?

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. sounds like a twist on 'capitalism or gulags'. fuck off and die.

[Guest]

Buy yourself a nice apple at a non-market, and shove it up your ass.

[Guest]

Buy yourself a nice apple at a non-market, and shove it up your ass.

lol @ presupposing markets.

ps, ouch!

[Zazaban]

Buy yourself a nice apple at a non-market, and shove it up your ass.

Hey, quit with the prejudice against fruit fetishists!

[Insecuritykiller]

How forgiveing can i be? Only so to what is necessary in my life. Luckily i know the value of people well.

Unforgiveable. But you never needed me to forgive you in the first place.