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To: DoughtyOne
"Wasn't Nazi Germany an example of a captialist economy who's leadership transitioned into a lifetime appointment?"

A: Nope. It was a National Socialist economy. Like good socialists everywhere, the Nazi's picked the winners, and people were forced to do business with them (Volkswagen, Krupps, oil industry, etc.)

I will grant you that it is possible to have nominal capitalism and political totalitarianism simultaneously (see China). But, that is not the case in 90%+ of the countries in which capitalism is practiced. It is virtually impossible for the two to mix.

11 posted on 03/18/2002 1:41:16 PM PST by Uncle Miltie
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To: Brad Cloven
Are you saying that 1930s German people were not allowed to own their own businesses or do business with anyone they chose? Are you saying that all profits were given to the state, only a set salary being paid to business owners?
12 posted on 03/18/2002 1:52:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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