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 Originally Posted by boost
I agree that one is more dangerous, I'm just not sure which one. One has a track record, the other doesn't. I'm not eager to give it one.
To put it simply, in the same way communism was, it's a pipe dream.
It's a pipe dream that will never be realized, because it cannot be realized-- but if society is pushed far enough in that direction, it will be easy for those who benefit the most to pay lip service to the values espoused by the ideology and nudge out any challenge to the new status quo by labeling detractors as enemies out to stop the march towards the (unreachable) finish line.
As a bearing I think the ideal of libertarian capitalism has great merit, as a destination not so much.
What makes it a pipe dream?
Communism is characterized by honest and diligent administration of its tenets, and that resulted in mass suffering. Wherever we implement the tenets of libertarian capitalism, results are pretty great.
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