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From: neal@denelvx.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: What is "capitalism"?
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Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 17:22:39 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 22 17:22:39 1985
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> What does "arrogance and presumption" have to do with TRUTH?  Certainly
> people who don't know others and make critical suggestions are arrogant by
> assumption, because they're too uninformed to hit the mark enough.  They
> arrogate knowledge to themselves which they don't have.
> 
> But people who do know others and criticize based on that knowledge often
> do others a service.  And if they are wrong, they get feedback to that
> effect and learn thereby.
> 
> Tony Wuersch

	Speaking of "strawmen"!!!  No one is talking about criticizing--the
subject of discussion that I recall was (heavily paraphrased) forcing people
to do "what's good for them".  If you merely criticize, I can at least
ignore your arrogance; if you (as the government) tell me that I will
contribute to social security for my own good or risk going to prison,
that's quite another matter.

	(Second point):  Who gave you an inside track on "TRUTH"?  If my
concern is "what's good for me" and I'm wrong, noone is damaaged but myself
(and a few people close to me).  If my concern is "what's good for
everybody" and I have the right ("power" if you prefer) to enforce my
conclusions, then everybody is hurt if I am wrong.

	(Third point):  What makes you think that the average government
official has any interest in learning anything from the feedback?

			Regards,
				Neal Weidenhofer
"The law is for protection	Denelcor, Inc.
	of the people"		!denelcor!neal