X-Message-Number: 22921 From: Subject: Re: message #22916 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 00:22:37 +0000 So Canada is as close to utopia as it gets, eh! I suppose that depends on how one defines "utopia". I haven't thought about that much but from what I have picked up over the years it generally refers to a "perfect" society. I suppose had the Nazi's won WWII and succeeded in exterminating all humans considered undesirable, we would now be living in a Nazi "utopia"! You say the free market is unnatural. That is untrue. From the dawn of civilization humans have been trading with each other. That is natural. Unfortunately, the rulers quickly discovered they could garner support from the parasites among us in return for stealing loot from the basket of prosperity created by the free market then redistributing some of it to the parasites. That evolved into today's politicians who, like Mr. Wolf, seems to think people are like small children who couldn't possibly run their own lives alone. They (the politicians) think there is no facet of human activity that should be exempt from their meddling. If governments limited themselves to enforcing prohibitions on the three things I mentioned in message #22918 the market would function quite nicely thank you. It would not be a "utopia" but we would all be a lot richer...even though transit times on our roads might be somewhat longer...a small price to pay for freedom and prosperity. By the way, the alternative to a free market, taken to is extreme, was demonstrated by th U.S.S.R. and is now on exhibit in North Korea and Cuba. Move there!! Jerry T. Searcy Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22921