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NoOneMan

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10. Where I find issue...

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 03:04 PM

Dec 2012

The purpose of a market, controlled or free, is to facilitate the maximum velocity of energy and growth of a given society (with the stated purpose to improve the human condition, and the proven purpose to grow infinitely). In either case--excluding steady-state economies--both approaches to the economic system still want infinite growth in a finite world, which will always inevitably result in overshoot and an ecosystem breakdown.

People wanting one economic system to create their iPad instead of another are missing the entire point.

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The Results of Our 32 Year Experiment of Giving the Free Market Free Reign are Now In! [View all] Junkdrawer Dec 2012 OP

Free Market Means Never Having to Say I'll Put It Back. Octafish Dec 2012 #1

That is why they are not job creators. Melissa G Dec 2012 #9

+1 freshwest Dec 2012 #15

I'm bookmarking this thread... You guys are putting it all together! nt Bigmack Dec 2012 #2

Free to take PATRICK Dec 2012 #3

Perfect. SoapBox Dec 2012 #4

Free Rein alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #5

Well.... Junkdrawer Dec 2012 #11

Plus, it captures the obscene "rule" of the plutocracy. woo me with science Dec 2012 #16

And, the icing on the cake: coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #6

There is no real "Free Market" in this country. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #7

Well said Ikonklast, the writer of this tread has also stated the obvious. saidsimplesimon Dec 2012 #8

Where I find issue... NoOneMan Dec 2012 #10

yeah, what a surprise, huh? encouraging dog eat dog results in a lot of cannibalism. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #12

I keep expecting to wake up in Bedford Falls.... Junkdrawer Dec 2012 #13

Marxists call it........ socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #14

K&R for truth. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #17

Oh come on! 32 years isn't nearly enough time for this to work. Kablooie Dec 2012 #18