Poverty in the world is caused by a lack of capitalism. China's economy is only now starting to grow because of AMERICAN corporations stepping in, and giving them jobs, and in general, income of capital.
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Anonymous2006-06-22 15:07
"That's it? You disagree?
You think that acting with little regard for your fellow man is moral? There's a large number of criminals in prison who'd love that, but society doesn't agree.
We have a good diagnosis for a person who thinks like you: antisocial personality disorder."
So, according to you, man has no right to live for himself, sacrificing neither others to self, nor self to others?
The important aspect of this that you seem to miss is: "sacrificing neither others to self".
The point is that a businessman who lives peacefully, harming nobody else, who offers his products to others for voluntary, peaceful trade, harms nobody else in the process, and should thus be as free to do so as is possible, while still maintaining a society in which other people are free to do so as well.