Mind you, the Matt 4:9 has little relevance here. The Devil wasn't robbing banks. There is no coercion here. Jesus was free to walk away from the Devil's deals (and he did). What was happening was simply free market capitalism doing its work.
Couldn't agree with you less. It's the same human soul, tempter, and temptations.
this is why laissez-faire capitalism is bad
Maybe. Capitalism is an abstract economic system. As such, it's no more evil than, say, Marxism.
Individuals have committed all manner of sin under every possible economic system.
However, Capitalism seems to have done a better job of minimizing misery than pretty much anything else tried.
Hillary would at least be more mature than this guy.
If there is anyone capable of producing a sufficiently evil record to produce nostalgia for #OccupyResoluteDesk's hijinks, it's the Her Majesty.
The interesting question to me is what the insurance companies are thinking.
It seemed a straightforward regulatory capture play. But keep in mind that decision makers at the top were lining their own (and the board's) wallets.
Apres moi, le deluge seems to have informed their attitude, more than capitalism.
This restaurant was advertising breakfast any time. So I ordered french toast in the renaissance. - Steven Wright, comedian
