[QUOTE=davar55;392599]IN DOG WE TRUST is the motto of untied dyslexics.[/QUOTE]ITYM "untied lysdexics", HTH.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;392610][URL]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/15/377589757/boy-says-he-didn-t-go-to-heaven-publisher-says-it-will-pull-book[/URL][/QUOTE]

Wake me when they decide to pull the Bible itself.

:popcorn:

[QUOTE=xilman;392612]ITYM "untied lysdexics", HTH.[/QUOTE]

It was my joke.

:smile:

How can a man worth "only" a couple of billion dollars when he started his experiments (almost) pull off what nation states (with trillions availble) didn't even think about, let alone attempt?

[url]https://vine.co/v/OjqeYWWpVWK[/url]

I would argue this is a classic example of how the free market can outperform most governments' endeavours.

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[QUOTE=chalsall;392617]How can a man worth "only" a couple of billion dollars when he started his experiments (almost) pull off what nation states (with trillions availble) didn't even think about, let alone attempt?

[url]https://vine.co/v/OjqeYWWpVWK[/url]

I would argue this is a classic example of how the free market can outperform most governments' endeavours.[/QUOTE]
In Capitalism* (which as we all too well now know equals Freedom**), the free market can outperform most governments' endeavours.

But in [STRIKE]Soviet[/STRIKE] Feudalistic Russia, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Kalina"]whatever[/URL] <<insert your favorite>> outperforms <<insert your favorite>> [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Mobile"]whatever[/URL].
Obviously, not all [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Prokhorov"]billioners[/URL] are created equal (e.g. to Musk).

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*not to be confused with ordinary capitalism (capitalization strictly required when using this word); Capitalism never existed yet.

**I am confused, actually, why we need another word for the same thing.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;392610][URL]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/15/377589757/boy-says-he-didn-t-go-to-heaven-publisher-says-it-will-pull-book[/URL][/QUOTE]

It is an unfortunate (maybe) coincidence that the boy's name is "Malarkey."

[QUOTE=Batalov;392628]In Capitalism* (which as we all too well now know equals Freedom**)...[/QUOTE]

I see, and agree with, your cynicism on this use of language....

Capitalism doesn't "equal" freedom, it is a necessary component of freedom,
and also the necessary economic system that would be chosen by a free
and rational people, as the means of protecting and utilizing their freedom.
But this conversation doesn't belong in this thread, does it?

[QUOTE=davar55;392642]Capitalism doesn't "equal" freedom, it is a necessary component of freedom[/QUOTE]

I disagree.

Freedom existed long before "money"; and it will exist long after.

[QUOTE=Batalov;392628]In Capitalism* (which as we all too well now know equals Freedom**), the free market can outperform most governments' endeavours.
But in [STRIKE]Soviet[/STRIKE] Feudalistic Russia, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Kalina"]whatever[/URL] <<insert your favorite>> outperforms <<insert your favorite>> [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Mobile"]whatever[/URL].
Obviously, not all [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Prokhorov"]billioners[/URL] are created equal (e.g. to Musk).
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*not to be confused with ordinary capitalism (capitalization strictly required when using this word); Capitalism never existed yet.
**I am confused, actually, why we need another word for the same thing.[/QUOTE]

Capitalism (spelled with a lower case "c" but replaced by an upper case "C" so far
in this sentence because the first word in a sentence is Capitalized) is the word used
as applied in the world to mean a general degree of freedom of production and trade.

Capitalism (with a "C") is Capitalism as it should be practiced in a nation or the world,
with governments serving their proper and only function, that of protecting the rights
of individuals, consequently protecting political freedom and economic freedom.

Russia has never known capitalism, let alone Capitalism. It awoke in Great Britain
and reached its greatest success in the United States. The world needs it.