Re: MD The free market of thought

From: Ascmjk@aol.com
Date: Wed Sep 08 2004 - 01:14:26 BST

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    In a message dated 9/6/2004 8:51:47 PM Central Standard Time,
    ant.mcwatt@ntlworld.com writes:
    To remind you Comrade, the party line is that, all things being equal, it’s
    moral for social patterns (such as a government) to financially support
    intellectual patterns (i.e. the university curriculum). It’s only immoral when a
    government attempts to control an intellectually orientated curriculum.
    The thing is, socialist societies aren't generally very exciting. The
    exciting nature of capitalism inspires people to really utilize their Intellectual
    Level. If inspired, they WILL find a way to get exactly the kind of education
    they want (not the kind society tells them they should want). They will use
    their brains. And yes, in ways that help every one. See, capitalists *want* the
    fruit of their intellectual level to be of use to everyone for a very high
    quality reason: more people will buy it! And then perhaps employ people to
    manufacture it, etc. Ultimately the problem with socialism is that they think dumb
    people are morally obligated to do all the real work for smart people (who need
    to spend all their time thinking, rather than working). That's moral right?
    Stupid people should work, smart people should think.
    Jon

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