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Re:Where Did Our Belief in Abundance Come From? by cryptonector on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @05:34PM (#36885395)
Wear these downvotes as a badge of honor for truth-telling.
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Re:Where Did Our Belief in Abundance Come From? by WalterBright on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:27PM (#36886589)
I don't think it's an honor, but I couldn't care less about my karma points. I just enjoy telling the truth, whether it's popular or not.

I'm genuinely puzzled why so many people believe in collectivism, despite no historical evidence of its success anywhere. And, on the flip side, the consistent success of free markets.

My favorite excuse for the prosperity of the US free market was the fact(!) that the millions of Europeans who migrated here were the wealthy(!) of Europe.

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Re:Where Did Our Belief in Abundance Come From? by bamfly on Thursday July 27, 2023 @10:21AM (#36893990)
> I'm genuinely puzzled why so many people believe in collectivism

The topic wasn't collectivism. You keep trying to make it about that, I suppose because that's what you wanted to argue about.

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Re:Where Did Our Belief in Abundance Come From? by WalterBright on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:55AM (#36895500)
Collectivism is the opposite of free markets, so it's on topic.
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Re:Where Did Our Belief in Abundance Come From? by cryptonector on Thursday July 27, 2023 @01:05PM (#36896650)
> I'm genuinely puzzled why so many people believe in collectivism, despite no historical evidence of its success anywhere. And, on the flip side, the consistent success of free markets.

Indoctrination.

> My favorite excuse for the prosperity of the US free market was the fact(!) that the millions of Europeans who migrated here were the wealthy(!) of Europe.

I hadn't heard that one.

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