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To: RobRoy
Capitalism only works in a Judeo-Christian culture.

Singapore, Taiwan, S-Korea, Japan, India, the Arab Gulf States all don't strike me as particulary Judeo-Christian. A correct assesment would be that Capitalism only works in a Western oriented society. Of course Western civilization owes a large part to Judeo-Christianity, but modern Capitalism is not dependant on a particular religion.

23 posted on 03/05/2009 8:08:42 AM PST by SolidWood (Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
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To: SolidWood

>>Capitalism is not dependant on a particular religion.<<

No, it is dependant on a particular world view.

And two other things:
1. Check out the size of the churches in S-Korea.
2. It is not practiced perfectly in any of those places (or even here).

Also I was referring to “pure Capitalism. I inadvertantly left off the “pure” in the last paragraph.

I think John Galts godless capitalistic world is an ill-thought-out fantasy that would only work in a novel. The practical application woudld be deadly.


26 posted on 03/05/2009 8:14:27 AM PST by RobRoy
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