tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post7905894856375898893..comments2024-03-28T09:36:30.991+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Capitalism and CorruptionDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-87928923072101816512008-09-30T21:59:00.000+01:002008-09-30T21:59:00.000+01:00What makes you think that Denmark has only lately ...What makes you think that Denmark has only lately become capitalist ?<BR/><BR/>And only lately become non-conservative ?<BR/><BR/>And you still haven't explained how such a highly capitalist nation like Denmark can be perceived as the least corrupt nation in the world - given your assertion that capitalism promotes corruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-73899682375084441762008-09-28T19:03:00.000+01:002008-09-28T19:03:00.000+01:00Carl Alex Friis Nielsen, is there anywhere less co...Carl Alex Friis Nielsen, is there anywhere less conservative than Denmark? No wonder that it is so capitalist.<BR/><BR/>And it has only quite lately become so. If it continues, then it will be extremely corrupt in 10 years' time.<BR/><BR/>Sol, in a word, no. These places had interventions because certain people had no idea how to live without the Cold War to keep them going. So Aideed, Aristide and others, even down to the paltry Noriega, had to be held up as great threats to civilisation.<BR/><BR/>Then Milosevic. Then bin Laden. Then Saddam. Then (and possibly again) Ahmadinejad. And now Putin, probably to be followed by Chavez.<BR/><BR/>I am not saying that these are nice people. But that is entirely beside the point.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-3097984610505764432008-09-28T12:20:00.000+01:002008-09-28T12:20:00.000+01:00Do you think Neil Clark has ever heard of the sayi...Do you think Neil Clark has ever heard of the saying "correlation does not assume causation"?<BR/><BR/>Or to put it another way, do you think that the factors which make Somalia, Haiti et al failed states and caused US intervention might also have been the reasons why they were corrupt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-26274545012830327092008-09-28T01:03:00.000+01:002008-09-28T01:03:00.000+01:00Actually you can hardly find a more capitalist cou...Actually you can hardly find a more capitalist country than Denmark - even the chairman of the Danish Socialist Peoples party has stated that nothing beats capitalism, when it comes to generating the wealth his party desires to distribute to the population. Perhaps you are confusing capitalism (which is strongly related to classical liberalism (John Locke, Adam Smith etc.)) with conservatism, which often oposes ideas like free trade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com