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[stas]

Как и ожидалась, проблема матери-одиночки Кнафо решается вполне рыночными средствами. Но поп-социалисты этого так не оставят, поэтому про дочку мы больше никогда ничего не услышим, зато про бедную маму, которой нечем кормить дочку-рекламную модель, услышим ad nauseam.

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[ziska.livejournal.com]

But when sheep, uregulated in their number by the wolves, eat up all the grass, they die a slow and painful death of starvation (sort of what is beginning to happen in Israeli economy now)

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[passing.livejournal.com]

May be. But thats how life works.

[stas]

Note that you have no passion for the sheep, but only for your anti-market priciples. This is also the common trait of the Israeli Socialists.

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[passing.livejournal.com]

I have no passion for anyone (with potential exception of myself and people close to me). I simply state the facts. I am not a socialist and i am not Israeli.
The fact of the matter is that these people want something and use all means available to them to achieve it. They may or may not succeed (i am guessing that they will if only partially but that is irrelevant).
It is also completely understandable that you are outraged - in your position what they want diminishes what you (perceive to) have.

I simply stated that your contention that market will somehow resolve their problem is not true. Market does not resolve anyones problem. Market is not meant for that. Now if i would say "i LIKE things working by force" - i'd be a "capitallist"
If i'd say - "i like people getting all they want, screw the market" - i'd be a "sociallist"
But, sadly, i am too smart too subscribe to either theory - as both are trivial and incorrect beginning with their principles.
Do i make myself clear?:)))

[stas]

Working by force is the definition of socialism. Market - and thus capitalism - is based on voluntary contracts. No one can force you to sell or to buy something by the price you do not consider right. On the contrary, in the socialism, all participants are coerced to play by the rules set by a tiny group of bureuacrat controllers. Nobody gets even close to what he wants, but the neighbour doesn't get that either so some people consider it OK - after all, if we don't see it around, we can pretend it never existed.
The market theory is based on the priciple that if a group of reasonable people have some needs and means to resolve them, they may find a satisfactory way to work out the solution to satisfy the needs, without being coerced by external force to chose certain way.