Mon 6 Sep, 2010 10:37 pm - I'm wondering if there are any Hobbes scholars out there. Here's a quote from Hobbes:
"The fact that subjects have any political freedom is not any constraint on absolute... (view)
Thu 17 Jun, 2010 06:52 pm - [quote]True---but we were talking about countries, not individual economic sectors. And Webster only requires that the country be "characterized by" private property etc. It doesn't... (view)
Thu 17 Jun, 2010 06:35 pm - Well, for example, England Canada and Australia all have socialized medicine so they are socialist as far as that goes. Some of FDR's New Deal has been dismantled but we still have Social... (view)
Thu 17 Jun, 2010 05:51 pm - [quote]Fair enough. Then let me answer this: which countries in the world do follow communist principles? And in which way are those countries economically and socially successful? [/quote]
Fair... (view)
Thu 17 Jun, 2010 05:04 pm - [quote]No---because the legal system does not protect the buyers of drugs against fraud. It does protect the buyers from legal merchandise against fraud. So, once again, you're trying to... (view)
Thu 17 Jun, 2010 12:54 am - [quote]So how are the revolutions of 1776 and 1789 relevant to the topic of this thread? They aren't.[/quote]Yes they are! Baring some extreme revisions to history it is very relevant. 1776,... (view)
