tuxette's Journal: Benson Whitney, you are a teabagging twat

Get over yourself. The sooner, the better. Because nobody here wants to listen to your whining. Not even the Conservatives...

Back in the 70s and 80s

[October_30th]

Heh. Back in the 70s and 80s, the ambassador of USSR used to issue similar comments if a Finnish paper, politician, artist or anyone in general dared to criticize the internal affairs or the foreign policy of Soviet Union in public.

"Don't criticise selfishness!"

[Morosoph]

It seems to me that many supporters of capitalism misunderstand it. Having been overwhelmed with criticism from leftists that seek to criticise capitalism for promoting "greed", they seek to criticise those who wish to do anything other than promote self-interest.

Here's an example of Friedman doing just that. [slashdot.org]

I've also written an article explaining that capitalism does not require self-interest. [slashdot.org]

He must have gotten over himself...

[turg]

...in order to accept the job he's in. Because the US doesn't have actual ambassadors, just messengers from the White House (and this is not specific to the current administration).