09-22-2018, 03:59 PM
(09-22-2018, 02:59 AM)Galen Wrote: You are forgetting that Eric the (Green) has a knowledge of science equal to that of the seventeenth century when Astrology was state of the art. That and he still thinks socialism can work which indicates his contact with reality is sporadic at best.
Social-market system. Pure capitalism, the inhuman form in which the vast majority of people must suffer for the gain, indulgence, and power of a minuscule portion of Humanity, is morally reprehensible and incompatible with democracy and humanism. A social market system melds the incentives of capitalism with respect for the most vulnerable among us. The current manifestation of capitalism under Donald Trump basically kicks people when they are down and keeps shoving people down to be kicked even more.
Eric seems to have a rigorous respect for science. He applies that rigor to astrology, which is not science. If anyone could make astrology work it is he.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.