Comments for China and Superstitions at http://www.randi.org/site , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.randi.org/site Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/2120-china-and-superstitions.html#comment-26534 While I agree that Marxism is unscientific, the same can be said of capitalism. Both rely on unproven claims and on the readiness to ignore contrary evidence. Marxism is of course wrong in assuming that property is a learned concept. Capitalism's most doubtful assumption is that if you let a bunch of individuals optimize their personal profit, the result will be optimal on a global level too. The mantra on this side of the pond (Europe) is that privatisation will drive prices down. So far, not a single case is known of a state enterprise whose products have become cheaper after privatisation. Reliability and quality of service does go up a bit but prices skyrocket. It takes a lot of ignoring not to see that but believers seem to have enough of that in store. And they're in power. - Bruno Fri, 17 May 2013 06:06:00 +0100