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To: betty boop

The linkage, dear sister, is in the ubermensch concept as it applies to the view of the elite toward “others”.

“Others” were expendable. It is not classism; it is eugenicism. It is Sanger ridding the world of undesirables by reducing their fertility. It is Mussolini advocating the Italian Mediterranean and domination of the sub-Sahara because those peoples were not fully human.

It is Romney on abortion, on fraud, on government kickbacks, and on so-called “destructive capitalism”.

The ubermensch don’t bother with the little people.


46 posted on 04/05/2012 1:31:45 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)
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To: xzins; Alamo-Girl
...on so-called “destructive capitalism”.

Well, we know that "ubermensch" ideology doesn't "bother with the little people."

But again, what does this have to do with Romney?

Capitalism necessarily involves the principle of "creative destruction." It is part and parcel of what capitalism is, and how it behaves as an economic system.

Capitalism is hands-down the single most successful economic system ever achieved by man, as measured in terms of rising living standards of a society and its general well-being and security over time. It created the American middle class — perhaps the greatest strength of our nation.

Capitalism is eminently creative, driven by new ideas, entrepreneurial attitudes, and — God willing — a State sympathetic to the very idea of capitalism as the engine of economic growth and job creation. In short, as the very foundation of widespread, genuine public well-being.

The downside of capitalism — its "destructive" face — is that firms that fail must be allowed to fail, the better to redeploy existing capital assets to more promising ventures and enterprises, to the greater benefit of consumers and the public at large.

If one tries to eliminate the "creative destruction" inherent in a capitalist system, then one must advocate for some "state" solution to the problem. And no "state solution" has yet been found — though clearly such efforts have been made in the past, involving the deaths of tens of millions of human beings along the way....

Just some additional thoughts, FWTW....

48 posted on 04/05/2012 2:27:07 PM PDT by betty boop (We are led to believe a lie when we see with, and not through the eye. — William Blake)
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