[mbraynard]

Higher power? Is physics a higher power? It's not so literal. My point is you may be an agnostic or a non-Christian living on an island not yet reached by civilization and you will still inescapably face the consequences of either moral or immoral behavior.

So how do you define capitalism?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

My point is you may be an agnostic or a non-Christian living on an island not yet reached by civilization and you will still inescapably face the consequences of either moral or immoral behavior.

Morality is rooted entirely in the presupposition some higher power defines what is correct for human behavior. An atheist can never make any claim to morality. An atheist who claims I am immoral is no different than a preacher or rabbi saying I am a sinner.

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So how do you define capitalism?

So long as someone is willing to pay, there will always be someone willing to collect... (Sir Francis Dashwood)

"There's a sucker born every minute." (P.T. Barnum)