tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post112269330443226785..comments2023-12-26T00:08:21.129+13:00Comments on Brain Stab: Books I Haven't ReadJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12428777233351272669noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1122932262963385512005-08-02T09:37:00.000+12:002005-08-02T09:37:00.000+12:00And of course I should point out that when I talk ...And of course I should point out that when I talk about socialism, I don't mean crazy Marxist "the state owns everything, brother comrade" socialism, I mean the kind of democratic socialism we have at the moment, which gives the people power over the state as well as vice versa. Because obviously I don't trust the state either (I just trust "the people" less).Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428777233351272669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1122863072432385592005-08-01T14:24:00.000+12:002005-08-01T14:24:00.000+12:00Hmmm not so sure about that. If you look at the r...Hmmm not so sure about that. If you look at the records of governments under Hitler, Mao and Stalin, versus private sector murderers like Harold Shipman and Gary Ridgeway, it's not even a close contest.<BR/><BR/>Although I will concede that if Hitler had contracted out to privately run concentration camps, they might have killed a lot more Jews.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865567065778234500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1122775694190598302005-07-31T14:08:00.000+12:002005-07-31T14:08:00.000+12:00It's true; governments do kill people, but market ...It's true; governments do kill people, but market forces dictate that the private sector does it better.Matthew R. X. Dentithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499867223966169985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1122764316593049722005-07-31T10:58:00.000+12:002005-07-31T10:58:00.000+12:00From someone with a libertarian bent: Hewligan may...From someone with a libertarian bent: Hewligan may think the government can protect him from his peers, but governments have killed many people too. The Nazis were the National Socialist party after all.<BR/><BR/>If the Tutsis were as empowered as citizens should be (i.e. if they had not been <A HREF="http://www.davekopel.org/2A/Foreign/genocide.pdf" REL="nofollow">disarmed by the state</A>), they might have fared better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1122706252178580282005-07-30T18:50:00.000+12:002005-07-30T18:50:00.000+12:00Lend me that book when you're done or I'll bust ou...Lend me that book when you're done or I'll bust out my machete on yo punk ass. <BR/><BR/>Please.RSJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733858887040500376noreply@blogger.com