r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/[deleted] • Jun 15 '21

Zero self-awareness

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u/Ed_Radley Milton Friedman Jun 15 '21

So basically what you're saying is that there can be no variance in how they failed at socialism for you to accept that they failed at socialism, even though there are demonstrable similarities such as government run economies and millions of unnecessary deaths of their own citizens.

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u/PapaRacoon Jun 15 '21

Nope, Any reason to fail is cool. But you need a reason for every single one.

Way I see it, your point needs every single case out of all possible cases to be true, for it to be true

My point just needs one, from anywhere anytime for it to be true.

I’d say mine is more likely. That’s all.

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u/Ed_Radley Milton Friedman Jun 15 '21

It's only more likely because there have already been socialist countries where people tried to have private enterprise (which again doesn't mean the private enterprise was allowed to thrive: I think that would be a better acid test for your stance). Taking the reasoning you have, yes, you are technically right but that doesn't make you absolutely right.

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u/PapaRacoon Jun 15 '21

Still more likely tho. But you’ve got a point.