Re: Conclusions

12/20/2000, Paul Riesz wrote:
    > 1. You assert repeatedly that capitalism is inherently
    evil and cannot be reformed, while in verifiable fact
    reformed Societies based on private enterprise DO EXIST and
    offer their people a degree of happiness unattained anywhere
    else.

But Paul, why are you equating 'capitalism' with 'private enterprise'?

Such a 'reformed society' must evidently be keeping capitalism
from destroying genuine markets, in the way the Dutch boy kept his
finger in the dike.  The good part is the 'reform', not the 'capitalism'.  The 
water is not 'part of the dike'  - it is what the dike is keeping out.

rkm