In a message dated 12/11/2003 10:04:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> If that is true, why can't it simply be called "capitalist?" > > I suspect because actual capitalists would have some problems with it. Sterling makes a comment betraying what Ludwig Von Mises called the anti-capitalist mentality when he quipped to Godwin: "Sure, we hate Exxon because they're huge and they're everywhere." Sterling is a capitalist in the same way that Brin is a libertarian. I think what it is, both are uncomfortable with really labeling what their true ideology is and therefore feel some need to candy coat their statism. Regards, Matt Gaylor-