Quote from: myrkul on July 27, 2011, 06:03:11 AM

Government, by it's definition, is theft, coercion, and murder. It's wrong, and you shouldn't let stupid shit like advertisements get in the way of doing what's right.

From my viewpoint, capitalism is all of those things, and all to such an extent that it inevitably corrupts government. You might argue that it's the other way around, but I'd say that if that's the case, the U.S. wouldn't have invaded dozens of countries over the past hundred years for the sake of higher profits for U.S. businesses.

Quote from: Major General Smedley Butler, 1935, at the time the most decorated Marine in U.S. history

I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class thug for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 19021912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.

I ask you, does that sound like a country where the government controls business interests, or is it the opposite? It seems pretty obvious to me.