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Re:David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a... by praptak on Sunday December 08, 2013 @02:40PM (#6871020)
"So you -- whoever you may be -- you have to learn responsibility, and be subjected to market discipline, it's good for your character, it's tough love, and so on, and so forth. But me, I need the nanny State, to protect me from market discipline, so that I'll be able to rant and rave about the marvels of the free market, while I'm getting properly subsidized and defended by everyone else, through the nanny State. And also, this has to be risk-free. So I'm perfectly willing to make profits, but I don't want to take risks. If anything goes wrong, you bail me out."

Noam Chomsky, "Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World": http://www.chomsky.info/talks/19960413.htm

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