tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post4367083570873733009..comments2024-03-29T02:00:55.623-04:00Comments on Corporate Justice Blog: Catching Up On Links . . .Steven Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741346526253732489noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-79447545499278015032013-04-16T12:10:41.485-04:002013-04-16T12:10:41.485-04:00"... in the years before the Civil War, there...<i>"... in the years before the Civil War, there was no capitalism without slavery. The two were, in many ways, one and the same."</i><br /><br />This is a meaningless statement since in the years before the Civil War slavery existed almost everywhere, under every political and economic system on earth.<br /><br />What was special about the capitalist countries of the West, with regard to slavery, was not that slavery existed, but that it was challenged and ended. In every other part of the world, slavery was viewed as legitimate and went virtually unquestioned. In fact, slavery still exists in many parts of the world today.<br /><br />While some form of "capitalism" and slavery may have existed side-by-side, they were never "one and the same". Capitalism did not start to realize it's full expression and potential until after the end of slavery and the establishment of free, representative governments.<br /><br /><i>"Socialism is a new form of slavery." -- Alexis de Tocqueville</i><br /><br />Slavery is, however, at the very heart of socialism. If one claims a "right" to certain things - food, shelter, medical care, etc. - and he cannot or will not provide those things for himself, he is, in effect, claiming that others have a corresponding responsibility to provide those things for him. He is asserting a "right" to the fruits of another man's labor - slavery.<br /><br />Che is deadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04988202144185675100noreply@blogger.com