[QUOTE=only_human;394654]I does seem like a lot of personal criticism all at once. Let's not pile up any more. It also seems to no longer be primarily about the thread topic.[/QUOTE]

... which is the relationship of capitalism to freedom.

[QUOTE=davar55;394655]... which is the relationship of capitalism to freedom.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much. It originally was spun off from the MET2015 because it was an untenable digression there, but this thread intended to follow that digression.

Do you have any suggestions for a title change?

[QUOTE=only_human;394656]Pretty much. It originally was spun off from the MET2015 because it was an untenable digression there, but this thread intended to follow that digression.
Do you have any suggestions for a title change?[/QUOTE]

How about "Capitalism and Freedom: Reset" ?

Sorry, Ross. Sometimes one just gets fed up.

[QUOTE=kladner;394660]Sorry, Ross. Sometimes one just gets fed up.[/QUOTE]
Hey we're all human, including me. That is unless I flunk my Turing Test.

[QUOTE=davar55;394659]How about "Capitalism and Freedom: Reset" ?[/QUOTE]YWIMC

[QUOTE=xilman;394518]Please enlarge on this bald statement, otherwise you can justifiably be arguing by fiat. Unjustified proclamations do not make an argument.
I am entirely willing to expand on my statements if you give us a clue as to where you have difficulty understandng my message.[/QUOTE]

Did I miss responding to a post / part of your argument? Must have been due to the need
to respond to several people at the same time. Sorry. Could you re-do whatever I missed?

(Please note the newest title keyword: reset.)

[QUOTE=kladner;394625]…Howard Zinn…[/QUOTE]We started reading [URL="http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html"]this[/URL] after it was suggested in the Homework subforum. We got so depressed during just the first chapter that we are not sure we will continue reading it! (Note that the link we posted has [URL="http://www.historyisaweapon.com/response/"]some baggage[/URL] attached to it.)

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;394712]We started reading [URL="http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html"]this[/URL] after it was suggested in the Homework subforum. We got so depressed during just the first chapter that we are not sure we will continue reading it! (Note that the link we posted has [URL="http://www.historyisaweapon.com/response/"]some baggage[/URL] attached to it.)[/QUOTE]

Two points:

Don't believe in everything you read in a book with such a point of view.

Don't believe everything you read in a book the author gives away for free.
That's also a sign of anti-money ulterior motives.

(Capitalism is a value we must never surrender to its opposites.)

[QUOTE=davar55;394716]Don't believe everything you read in a book the author gives away for free.
That's also a sign of anti-money ulterior motives.
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You probably [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?p=349566#post349566"]can see the irony[/URL] of your own statement?

[QUOTE=Batalov;394721]You probably [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?p=349566#post349566"]can see the irony[/URL] of your own statement?[/QUOTE]

My postings, including the monograph, do not constitute a book.
I have other monetary methods in mind. And in math, my real
profession, I work cheap.

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By the way, cosmo4.txt is much better than cosmo3.txt
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