The machine gun of capitalism

Dead soldiers, peak oil and mind-boggling profits; praise Jesus, the machine's still working

There is no eliminating the dark side of capitalism, the gluttony and the greed and the violent underbelly. There is only minimizing, shifting the emphasis, changing the pitch and angle of approach, trying to take what is, at its very heart, a flawed and self-destructive system, and making it into something proud and interesting and vibrant, something actually worth defending.

Can it be done? Is it still possible? No matter how many poetic Barack ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

If you are looking for world views that fill out the spectrum, read on. You probably won't find it in the Wall Street Journal.

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