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Money Changers in the Temple?
rigf1t ofprivate property. Therefore/ its two main
attacks are directed against religion and against
private property.
I'm sure that you would agree that a state–
planned society cannot afford to have people
believing in a higher authority than the state
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especially an authority that proclaims
liberty for the individual and, regarding property,
says, "Thou shalt not steal
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This is why, in the
collective societies, the state must be in fact the
religion that is the highest authority to which
people can appeal for their rights.
The regimented economies are still faced with
the fact that God is the source ofman's natural
right to liberty and that man's faith in God is the
source of his insistence upon exercising that
right. With our allegiance in essentially a free
market type of economic system going to a
higher authority than the state/ we insist that the
state should be our servant and not our master.
Perhaps we have placed too much emphasis
on dollars/ profie
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and all the goodies that
make up our standard ofliving. Nevertheless, I
sincerely believe that a capitalistic economic
system/ that is one in which private individuals
own the tools ofproduction and the fruits ofie is
a way ofbest developing all of the talents ofall
of the people.
The collectivist idea ofmaking people equal
has never worked at any time in human history.
This idea is failing now in the controlled
economies ofthe world The danger ofit is that
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