As long as they are capitalist. How is that tailoring?
In a truly capitalist system producers need to adjust to the needs and wishes of consumers all the time in order to fulfill their own needs and wishes. Sounds like tailoring to me.
Where did that come from? What gave you the idea that I think "the government" has the solution?
People who want to 'tailor the modes of production' usually do. So I made an educated guess. (Because I didn't know for sure I used the word 'apparently', but looking it up just now I learned it can mean 'seemingly' as well as 'evidently'. I meant 'seemingly'.)
Which government would that be? There was no government on the freakin' island.
I was responding to your remark which I thought was critisism of the Mises Institute promoting capitalism in general, not just on the island.
Or is that just a standard line because anyone holding views opposing the Mises Institute must be for greater authoritarianism.
No. People can hold views opposing the Mises Institute without being for greater authoritarianism. It depends on the views.
I could be an Anarchist for all you know.
Certainly. And the way this is going I think you will keep me in the dark on that, as well as on how "modes of production can be tailored to our needs".
You seem to be trapped in a pretty small box yourself.
You seem to think that about anyone who doesn't agree with you.
The problem with the Mises Intstitute is that in their valorization of a capitalist economy they forego thinking outside the box.
Depends on what box you're talking about. They definitely think outside the box of 'mainstream' economics.
A system barely suitable for largely urbanized populations in complex industrialized societies with global economies may not necessarily apply to a small group stranded on an island.
Certainly, but then again it might be that it *does* apply, so this doesn't say much. If you study Austrian Economics, you can figure out for yourself to which situations it applies.
But the Mises Institute wouldn't want to hint at the fact that modes of production can be tailored to our needs because of the undesirable possibility of arriving at a system other than capitalism.
The Mises Institute goes out of its way to convince people that "modes of production can be tailored to our needs". The difference between them and you is that they think that the free market is the solution, while you apparantly think government is.
The heart of the libertarian obsession is competition. Everything must be forced to make sense only in relation to this extremely narrow notion which is totally inappropriate for so many human beahviors.
Wrong. The "heart of the libertarian obsession" is voluntary (inter)action, which in my mind is appopriate for any human behavior.
The real world is far more complex and Libertarianism absolutely refuses to see that.
Au contraire. Libertarians acknowledge that the world is complex and so they offer complex solution to its problems: the free market.
If you want to criticize libertarianism, that's fine by me, but please make an effort to know what you're talking about.
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I did, but you didn't answer. Is this 'admin at electrobotanica dot org' the right email address?
As long as they are capitalist. How is that tailoring?
In a truly capitalist system producers need to adjust to the needs and wishes of consumers all the time in order to fulfill their own needs and wishes. Sounds like tailoring to me.
Where did that come from? What gave you the idea that I think "the government" has the solution?
People who want to 'tailor the modes of production' usually do. So I made an educated guess. (Because I didn't know for sure I used the word 'apparently', but looking it up just now I learned it can mean 'seemingly' as well as 'evidently'. I meant 'seemingly'.)
Which government would that be? There was no government on the freakin' island.
I was responding to your remark which I thought was critisism of the Mises Institute promoting capitalism in general, not just on the island.
Or is that just a standard line because anyone holding views opposing the Mises Institute must be for greater authoritarianism.
No. People can hold views opposing the Mises Institute without being for greater authoritarianism. It depends on the views.
I could be an Anarchist for all you know.
Certainly. And the way this is going I think you will keep me in the dark on that, as well as on how "modes of production can be tailored to our needs".
You seem to be trapped in a pretty small box yourself.
You seem to think that about anyone who doesn't agree with you.
The problem with the Mises Intstitute is that in their valorization of a capitalist economy they forego thinking outside the box.
Depends on what box you're talking about. They definitely think outside the box of 'mainstream' economics.
A system barely suitable for largely urbanized populations in complex industrialized societies with global economies may not necessarily apply to a small group stranded on an island.
Certainly, but then again it might be that it *does* apply, so this doesn't say much. If you study Austrian Economics, you can figure out for yourself to which situations it applies.
But the Mises Institute wouldn't want to hint at the fact that modes of production can be tailored to our needs because of the undesirable possibility of arriving at a system other than capitalism.
The Mises Institute goes out of its way to convince people that "modes of production can be tailored to our needs". The difference between them and you is that they think that the free market is the solution, while you apparantly think government is.
To these I would like to add:
Wittgenstein, Austrian Economics, and the Logic of Action by Roderick T. Long
The heart of the libertarian obsession is competition. Everything must be forced to make sense only in relation to this extremely narrow notion which is totally inappropriate for so many human beahviors.
Wrong. The "heart of the libertarian obsession" is voluntary (inter)action, which in my mind is appopriate for any human behavior.
The real world is far more complex and Libertarianism absolutely refuses to see that.
Au contraire. Libertarians acknowledge that the world is complex and so they offer complex solution to its problems: the free market.
If you want to criticize libertarianism, that's fine by me, but please make an effort to know what you're talking about.