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To: RichardMoore
'Eugenics in the USA is the direct result of Industrial Capitalism [...] They began promoting easy divorce, contraception and abortion [...] We have Socialism and Capitalism coexisting in great harmony [...]' -RichardMoore

Capitalist institutions can 'promote' anything they want as long as they don't use the power of the state to coerce or force individuals to do their bidding [which is is tantamount to serfdom]. This is 'capitalism'.

If a capitalist institution decides to 'get into bed' with the state then it will cease to be a capitalist organization. It will become for all intents and purposes an 'arm' of state. This is 'socialism'.

The terms 'capitalism' and 'socialism' are distinct and mutually exclusive.

70 posted on 10/02/2003 11:10:24 PM PDT by MayDay72 (Socialism Kills. Free Markets Feed.)
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To: MayDay72
Be that as it may, by your definition we no longer actually have capitalism. But we do have plenty of capitalists who make plenty of capital and who are "in bed" with Big Government.
107 posted on 10/03/2003 2:02:40 PM PDT by RichardMoore
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