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LibDave » 30 Dec 2021, 11:55 am » wrote: ↑

30 Dec 2021, 11:55 am

I believe you meant "rationalize" not relegate.  IAE, I've clearly supported limiting government as did the Founding Fathers.  And like I said, this isn't unique to capitalism or even the American Idea.  It's just plain corrupt and has been a facet of every nation under every system since the beginning of time.  The fact that people circumvent the law doesn't mean you throw out the law, let alone the entire system.  Should we improve our prosecution of such matter?  Of course.

If you would have minimalist government, do not support big government. 

Capitalism RELIES on government from birth to death. FIRST, a trading board is formed on the public teat and under the government gun, giving insiders access to billions in anonymous monies NOT available to free enterprisers (mom and pops). 

SECOND, the government forms multiple regulatory bodies to maintain public confidence in the trading board. 

THIRD, the government secures the monopoly powers of the agencies created through this agglomerated wealth, which agencies are incorporated with government for the purpose of their existence, and are given powers by government. An example is so-called public utilities, which operate at a regulated profit for the good of the public - in theory. In practice, they gouge. Because they bribe the regulators. 

FOURTH, these agencies are granted eternal life, and recognized as having "rights." Now, if you believe in the Declaration of Independence - which is THE Founding Document whose promises the Constitution was ratified to deliver, then you understand that all men are created equal and endowed BY THEIR CREATOR with rights. So, ACCORDING TO OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS, rights come for the Creator. Not from the nanny state. It's an established fact of American law that rights come from God. 

Given this, we can do a math equation to say exactly how many rights are on the planet at any moment. The formula is N (number of right) times P (Human Population) = R (rights existing in this moment of time)

If CORPORATIONS - creatures of men, not God - are given RIGHTS, then those rights must be taken from men, since all rights, under American law, come from God. 

The system you support steals God-given rights from people and gives them to corporations (creatures of government). You should not support this. 

The corner grocer and the bakery down the street and the butcher across the way are NOT in the same economic system as Bear Stearns. The system you support has a name in the bible: MAMMON.