World braced for new food crisis

**~~The Lawspeaker~~** · 08-10-2012, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by korkolola

Thank you for the link, I will watch it a bit later. Regarding the 'actual farmers' argument, I am not opposing you here, I am just convinced it always goes this way when government is involved in business, cannot actually think of any alternative example, when government interference in business was 'fair' and brought so-called 'equal opportunities'.

You read too much propaganda, son. What do you think will happen when government is weaker ? That's right: direct rule from Goldman Sachs. Anarchy has never worked.

And companies are not and I repeat democratically accountable and that's exactly why governments have been so pro-privatisation: as it undermines democracy.

**korkolola** · 08-10-2012, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by Tuan Belanda

You read too much propaganda, son. What do you think will happen when government is weaker ? That's right: direct rule from Goldman Sachs. Anarchy has never worked.

I am a daughter, thanks. Statism has never worked, even though it had a lot of opportunities in the past. Let's not go into the 'anarchy' debate, it's just a pure state and business division, nothing too anarchist about this.

**~~The Lawspeaker~~** · 08-10-2012, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by Tuan Belanda

And companies are not and I repeat democratically accountable and that's exactly why governments have been so pro-privatisation: as it undermines democracy.

Think about this for a moment. That's why in this country politicians usually end up as CEO's of exactly the same companies they have privatised. In this country there has not been a single round of privatisation (and we've been at it for 15 odd years now) that has been successful and not marred by corruption.

Conclusion: forget it. It doesn't work and it's nice on paper (when the paper has been written by the Chicago Boys) but it does't work in reality. Like communism.