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salvorhardin

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1. A quote I posted on Facebook just last night
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 12:57 PM
Sep 2012

Last edited Wed Sep 12, 2012, 04:31 PM - Edit history (1)

"Marginal capitalism is a tough-guy sport like rugby or tackle football, suitable mostly for people slightly overdosed on testosterone. On the other hand, with some rule and attitude changes, it has proven it can be an interesting game, even beautiful, like baseball or volleyball. It is a valid project at the margin, a form of self-actualization, not to be applied to the necessities, but on the margin a nice hobby, even perhaps an art form. Confining capitalism to the margin was the great Martian achievement, like defeating the mob or any other protection racket."

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