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Entry: Confessions of a Bitter Old Reactionary Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/confessions_of_a_bitter_old_reactionary#23588 Post contents: Butler sez: "I’m trying to figure out of Joe Populist is being sarcastic or if he thinks we actually live in a capitalist country." Are you another "libertarian" that has the Keynesian "welfare state" confused with the Miilton Freedom monetarism theory of easy credit funding personal greed as the shining path to personal freedom and unlimited materialist growth? We definately live in a capitalist country, it's just not the utopian fantasy of a "free market" that justin and his fellow free market fundamentalists believe it to be. As for "capitalist countries", Commie China is the fastest growing "capitalist" country, even though it has a repressive, authoritarian government. Capitalism doesn't mean freedom, it never has. Once you understand that, it will be a lot easier for you to understand what's going on. Sent at: 2008 08 21