02-19-2006, 07:58 PM
LOL That site is my site. And there is some truth to what you said. I am "p--- off" about the idea of profit (not trade.) The system doesn't work.
What you described is Marx's theory of Capital, which is Adam Smith's theory of Capital. Amazingly, they both say the same things, but people think of them as opposites since Smith was on the side of the "producer" and Marx was on the side of the worker. Smith reeks of bigotry and self-righteous superiority (Indians were savages with no "civilized" system.) Marx has the same bigotry and self-righteousness, but it is directed at the Robber Barons.
Not only is their economic theory wrong, so isn't their cultural pride.
I am an entrepreneur and a capitalist. I've won and lost, and am poised to win again, but I don't want to win. "Win" is a facade. The numbers are meaningless. What matters is how we treat each other. The easiest way to be rich, however, is to sell fear or pride.
but i am not fretting. I am "happy and free" and doing my best (however unsuccessfully) to serve the Lord.