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Somehow, liberty in America has become equated with Laissez-faire free market capitalism. The irony is that capitalism is an economic theory. In the beginning of the 20th century, philosophers and academics in the west debated this and Laissez-fair capitalism lost. Hence socialized medicine in Europe, the new deal, labor laws, social security, etc. as Thom writes about so comprehensively, this turned with Reagan and has been downhill since. America is about money. That’s what we stand for, guns and money! Oh, and now taking away women’s rights…

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