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Scootaloo

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1. For all its flaws, I have a hand in determining the operation of the government

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 05:12 PM

Nov 2013

And besides, a market cannot exist without a government to support, protect, and provide capital for it anyway.

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Which do you trust the most: the "government" or the "market"? [View all] kentuck Nov 2013 OP

For all its flaws, I have a hand in determining the operation of the government Scootaloo Nov 2013 #1

Aren't they the same thing now? nt valerief Nov 2013 #2

You nailed it. (n/t) spin Nov 2013 #27

Both need checks and balances, and separation of powers. JHB Nov 2013 #3

Well, you said trust, and I do not trust the government in most intances. Skip Intro Nov 2013 #4

I agree. kentuck Nov 2013 #7

Well arlight. Skip Intro Nov 2013 #9

We need the government to protect Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2013 #5

That's why we need to keep them separate, like the church and state. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #10

Interesting perspective. kentuck Nov 2013 #12

Wal-Mart, for all its ills, Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #6

The market doesn't know how to manage the commons without government on point Nov 2013 #8

Are they different? ananda Nov 2013 #11

You can't trust either under capitalism..... socialist_n_TN Nov 2013 #13

Isn't that somewhat of a False Dichotomy? Captain Stern Nov 2013 #14

I disagree. kentuck Nov 2013 #15

Why not? Captain Stern Nov 2013 #18

Do you mean something like crop subsidies? kentuck Nov 2013 #20

I wasn't thinking of crop subsides in particular. Captain Stern Nov 2013 #34

Neither. Why should I? nt bemildred Nov 2013 #16

I believe in people - TBF Nov 2013 #17

Which government? What market? FarCenter Nov 2013 #19

Republicans are "market" people. kentuck Nov 2013 #22

Municipality runs a competent garbage collection and the US market for No 2 yellow corn seems OK. FarCenter Nov 2013 #33

the government, because we all get one vote treestar Nov 2013 #21

That's like asking "shit" or "go blind" REP Nov 2013 #23

Does that mean you dislike them both equally?? kentuck Nov 2013 #24

Neither sounds like a great choice REP Nov 2013 #28

I just watched 'the market' feed thousands yesterday. maced666 Nov 2013 #25

Was it the market or was it the people? kentuck Nov 2013 #30

A tricky question in a world where the distinction has become meaningless. nt Democracyinkind Nov 2013 #26

There's a difference? nt LWolf Nov 2013 #29

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #31

Chomsky calls the players in the market "tiny tyrannies". Antidemocratic forces. I believe in Ed Suspicious Nov 2013 #32

Ah yes, the "free hand" .... Scuba Nov 2013 #35