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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
Hilarious! Especially considering that real capitalism, (i.e. the free interaction of humans with each other), is the least organized form of human interaction.... Now, to say "Socialism is organized crime" would be far closer to the truth.
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Capitalism may not be organized crime, but organized crime is unfettered free market capitalism in its truest sense. Actually, organized crime developed in places like Sicily and Southern Italy because of the transition from feudalism to rent capitalism, and the transition of Russia from a communist society to a capitalist one has turned it into a virtual mafia state. I would say that capitalism has a lot more in common with organized crime than socialism does. Take a look at a map of world corruption, the most free market societies are also the most corrupt.
Give me an example of one country that used Austrian economic policies to become prosperous. Maybe Somalia? The Somalians practice the strict individualism of Austrian economics, that's why they have such creative entrepreneurs like pirates, sex slaves, warlords, and mercenaries without big government beauracrats meddling in the private sector's affairs.
There's a reason every prosperous country in the world strikes a healthy balance between total laissez-faire capitalism and total state controlled top-down Soviet style communism.