[e-gold-list] Re: America, no longer the land of the free.

[Craig Spencer]

Tristan,

> >Hell, serfs didn't have as much taken from them as Americans do now.
> >However, Heritage's index is not the only one out there. I forget
> >who puts out the other one. 
> 
> Serfs also didn't have anywhere near the amount of wealth the average
> (and poor) Americans do today. So, I guess one way of looking at it is
> that people are willing to give up more freedom, if it means they can be
> more wealthy.

Unfree Americans may be wealthier than serfs but it does not follow that
the wealth is a consequence of our lack of freedom.  Do you really think
that slavery produces wealth?

CCS


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