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Walter Block's avatar

ownership and control are not that far apart

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Walter Block's avatar

thanks for your comment

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Gail's avatar

I watched the funniest episode of the X-Files a few nights back. “ Drive”. The paranoid character central to the story was convinced that Mulder was part of the “ Great Zionist Conspiracy” controlling the world. The back and forth was gut-busting. Too many today would believe it was a documentary and they’re on the left.

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Gail's avatar

Oops, Walter. My bad. It’s those darned Zionists! Just ask the Squad.

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Walter Block's avatar

Jose, you make important points. speaking of the "wild west" this might be of interest:

Anderson, Terry and Hill, P.J. 1979. "An American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: The Not So Wild, Wild West," Journal of Libertarian Studies, 3: 9-29; http://mises.org/journals/jls/3_1/3_1_2.pdf

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Walter Block's avatar

Dear Jose: Thanks. Best regards, Walter

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Vonu's avatar

It is far more important who controls the United States than who owns it.

"Today it is infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million people." Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Mr Jose's avatar

what a great article, I always deeply recoiled against the 'original peoples who touched it own it' drift of their socialist logic. I also think that great wars of the Red Indians, eg Apache v. Commanche, should be considered - the Commanche was violently pushed north by the Apache and then came back to attempt genocide against the Apache - during the Wild West phase of America. They were longstanding enemies. Conquest is not homesteading.

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Gail's avatar

Fink, Bloomberg and foreign interests… The rest are beneficiaries. Top down fascism. BlackRock/Vanguard/StateStreet are the major “ stakeholders” of every mega-corporate entity AND they own each other. What a beautiful world.

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