Fwd: [LeftLibertarian2] Carson: "Which side are you on?"

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"Occupy Wall Street has come under fire from some libertarians, on the grounds that it's relatively silent about the role of big government, and its proposed remedies lean heavily toward increased government intervention.

But it's quite understandable that many in the Occupy movement position themselves in opposition to the "free market" and in favor of government intervention. After all, ever since they were born they've heard loathsome cretins like Dick Armey, Tom Delay, along with the usual suspects on CNBC and the WSJ editorial staff, defend corporate capitalism as we know it and the unbelievable concentration of wealth and power as the result of "our free market system."

Every time you look at a debate on economic policy, the liberal is saying the free market can't be left to itself because the inevitable result is polarization of wealth and corporate tyranny. And the conservative is saying corporate tyranny and polarization of wealth are good things, and that government should stay out of it.

All the things the Occupiers are rightfully against, like the plutocratic oligarchy and abusive corporate power, they've seen defended — or attacked — in terms of "our free enterprise system." If I thought the free market meant what Dick Armey said it was, I'd hate it too."

read more: http://c4ss.org/content/8630

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