Comments on: THE MORAL CHOICE BETWEEN CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM — PART 5 http://citizentom.com/2009/01/22/the-moral-choice-between-capitalism-and-socialism-%e2%80%94-part-5/ Welcome to Conservative commentary from Gainesville, Virginia. That's OUTSIDE the Beltway. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:13:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kgotthardt http://citizentom.com/2009/01/22/the-moral-choice-between-capitalism-and-socialism-%e2%80%94-part-5/#comment-15055 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:08:31 +0000 http://citizentom.wordpress.com/?p=3370#comment-15055 Yeah, if the government supplied lawyers, it would be…”How much justice can you afford?” :)

I’m not TOO cynical, am I?

]]> By: Citizen Tom http://citizentom.com/2009/01/22/the-moral-choice-between-capitalism-and-socialism-%e2%80%94-part-5/#comment-15054 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:19:27 +0000 http://citizentom.wordpress.com/?p=3370#comment-15054 kgotthardt – Consider the alternative. Imagine the results if whether you liked it or not, the government chooses your attorney. Imagine a situation where the government allows only those lawyers it certifies as politically correct to practice law, and the government pays for and assigns such a lawyer to each case that comes before the court. Imagine what it might be like if your words and the pleas of your fellow citizens were allowed to have no bearing on each and every case before the court. Now that would be a truly socialized courtroom.

]]> By: kgotthardt http://citizentom.com/2009/01/22/the-moral-choice-between-capitalism-and-socialism-%e2%80%94-part-5/#comment-15049 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:54:17 +0000 http://citizentom.wordpress.com/?p=3370#comment-15049 The courts as already privatized via lawyers. “How much justice can you afford?”

]]> By: Citizen Tom http://citizentom.com/2009/01/22/the-moral-choice-between-capitalism-and-socialism-%e2%80%94-part-5/#comment-15043 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:25:40 +0000 http://citizentom.wordpress.com/?p=3370#comment-15043 Gargi,

Thank you for stopping by. I am pleased you enjoy my blog.

I think we need government to protect our rights, not to murder innocents. I concede the need the need for government only when I cannot imagine a workable alternative. Admittedly, my imagination is sometimes inadequate.

I am curious. How would you privatize armies, the police, the courts? Are you suggesting anarchism as the appropriate alternative? How exactly would that work?

]]> By: Gargi Dixit http://citizentom.com/2009/01/22/the-moral-choice-between-capitalism-and-socialism-%e2%80%94-part-5/#comment-15042 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:51:57 +0000 http://citizentom.wordpress.com/?p=3370#comment-15042 Well, the article is lovely to read, it has a fault.
It says Unfortunately, socialism is sometimes necessary.

I am sorry, there can be no situation where you can say killing an innocent is moral or right or necessary.
Every aspect for which you are saying you need a government which may turn tyrant anytime can be handled in much better way and with more efficiency by Individual voluntary agreements in a Free Society without any coercive government and compulsory taxes.

About the necessary devil you are talking of, I will say it is the idea of middle vice. http://www.reasonforliberty.com/reason/the-middle-vice.html

Anyways, I must say, I like your blog.

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