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Old 11-10-2007, 12:54 AM   #1
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If it can't exist without being defended by force, then it requires force to exist.
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Old 11-10-2007, 09:55 AM   #2
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If it can't exist without being defended by force, then it requires force to exist.
It can exist without being defended by force as long as force isn't used to intervene on the markets.

Capitalism = Freedom. Freedom is to be defended by force, but if there were no force, freedom and capitalism would still exist, while no form of socialism or communism could.
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