Comments on: Does Eisuke Sakakibara want socialism? http://japan.shadowofiris.com/business/does-eisuke-sakakibara-want-socialism/ japan.shadowofiris.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Vimy http://japan.shadowofiris.com/business/does-eisuke-sakakibara-want-socialism/#comment-5915 Vimy Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:42:39 +0000 http://japan.shadowofiris.com/business/does-eisuke-sakakibara-want-socialism/#comment-5915 I see your point, but I think it's misleading from the title of this post to suggest that Sakakibara wants socialism. The context of the discussion was hedge funds and he was saying that governments can't do much about the bubbles they create. BTW, don't you have your ideologies mixed up? When you say that the defining principle of socialism is "everything is owned by the state" that's communism, isn't it? I see your point, but I think it’s misleading from the title of this post to suggest that Sakakibara wants socialism. The context of the discussion was hedge funds and he was saying that governments can’t do much about the bubbles they create.

BTW, don’t you have your ideologies mixed up? When you say that the defining principle of socialism is “everything is owned by the state” that’s communism, isn’t it?

]]> By: Matt Dioguardi http://japan.shadowofiris.com/business/does-eisuke-sakakibara-want-socialism/#comment-5913 Matt Dioguardi Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:13:45 +0000 http://japan.shadowofiris.com/business/does-eisuke-sakakibara-want-socialism/#comment-5913 An ideology has much more to do with the way a person holds an idea, and much less to do with the idea itself. The main point of this entry is not that the free market is necessarily better (though I think it is), but that Sakakibara's statement misdirects attention away from the fact that central banks are <b>already</b> a socialist form of organization, not a capitalist one. It's ironic that someone like Sakakibara (probably a die hard capitalist) would unintentionally paint socialism as the antidote, when conceivably it <b>could be</b> the poison. An ideology has much more to do with the way a person holds an idea, and much less to do with the idea itself.

The main point of this entry is not that the free market is necessarily better (though I think it is), but that Sakakibara’s statement misdirects attention away from the fact that central banks are already a socialist form of organization, not a capitalist one.

It’s ironic that someone like Sakakibara (probably a die hard capitalist) would unintentionally paint socialism as the antidote, when conceivably it could be the poison.

]]> By: Vimy http://japan.shadowofiris.com/business/does-eisuke-sakakibara-want-socialism/#comment-5906 Vimy Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:17:30 +0000 http://japan.shadowofiris.com/business/does-eisuke-sakakibara-want-socialism/#comment-5906 Well, if you simplify things that much then a simple answer is surely the correct way to go. Who knew that an ideology was the solution? Well, if you simplify things that much then a simple answer is surely the correct way to go. Who knew that an ideology was the solution?

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