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  Saturday, January 24, 2004
The Libertarians Are Coming! The Libertarians Are Coming!    

Here's a funny site. A bunch of libertarians are making plans to invade and conquer the state of New Hampshire! Seriously, their goal is to get 20,000 libertarians to move to New Hampshire, which, according to their research is already one of the most libertarian states in the Union. An interesting idea. I wish we could convince all of the progressives to move to Northern California and everyone else to move out, so we could cecede from the Union and make our own little financially-powerful Netherlands-esque utopia headquartered in San Francisco. :o)


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"Capitalism is intrinsically amoral having no manifest ethic for the common good..."    
"Capitalism has a long history which is in no way associated with electoral democracy, from the first merchant societies through colonial organizations such as the East India company. Essentially capitalism confers a right on the possessor of capital to invest as they see fit without placing on them a moral or regulatory burden to act for the benefit of society as a whole. In a fascist government, corporate interests can become central agents maintaining totalitarian leaders in power to ensure corporate power remains unchallenged, often through bribery and corruption. Capitalism is intrinsically amoral having no manifest ethic for the common good, and exploitative because it empowers capital holders over those with few or no resources. It thus tends to exacerbate inequalities in which the rich gain a stranglehold over the poor."

If you waste enough time wandering around on the Web, you come across the most fascinating people and ideas! This woman, Christine Fielder, has written a wonderful essay here. The larger site is here and also a commercial version here. I first came across this thing, for lack of a better word, they are selling and still have not really figured out what it is or whether it is something I might wish to purchase. It all seems a bit grandiose and complicated—and really, when would I have time to look at it all? I haven't even had time to look at the fabulous "112 Years of National Geographic" on 32 CD-ROMs that my mom gave me for Christmas! But it all seems very fascinating at any rate...and a great essay!


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