Relax mate, in regards to the "crazy" remark Ashley clearly was...

Relax mate, in regards to the "crazy" remark Ashley clearly was clearly talking about the other fellow, who was refusing to pay his legal bill. No one is calling you "crazy", or any other name. Regarding the "lucky" comment this was simply an offhand comment and was not meant to be taken as a disparagement. I don't think anyone here has any animus towards you. I certainly don't.

Which is not to say that I need agree with all of your opinions. I am fully capable of liking and respecting people who hold ideas contrary to my own.


"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." – Aristotle

I would suggest to you that this might be a good approach if you intend to stick around investment forums. You will find that people in such places will trend towards a more pro-capitalist mindset. So you will need to be able to engage with them without getting angry or upset. That doesn't mean you need agree with them.


But I suppose that I am a contrarian bastard, and like to pick apart ideas.... such is life.

As raw concepts capitalism and anarchism are not in opposition to one another. Indeed there are several capitalistic conceptions of anarchy, the most prominent at the moment being "anarcho-capitalism". What you seem to be referring to is some form of "anarcho-syndicalism" or "anarcho-socialism", and indeed these ideas are opposed to capitalism but that's opposition has nothing to do with the anarchist aspect of the ideology and everything to do with the socialist part. I'm not an anarchist and am not an expert of these types of ideas.... but the above to me is self-evident.

There is less glass in the capitalist house than you appear to think. Corporate bailouts are not part of free market capitalism - they are wealth re-distribution. We might both disagree with the choice of recipient or the reasoning but that doesn't get around the fact that this is government interference with the economy and therefore a perversion of the free market. What you have a problem with is cronyism and corruption, this is produced by a concentration of power (such as in the government) - it is not an issue with capitalism. I would also suggest to you that the existence of corruption in the system is not a good reason to remove freedom or democracy. The corruption stems from the subversion of these ideas, not their enforcement.

We could also go into the groups that the anarcho-syndicalists have historically (and presently) chosen to ally themselves with and why these are terrible choices. Why the anarchists will always get the worse end of the deal.... and why support of that movement will ultimately result in the opposite of their wishes coming true... but a discussion of the Spanish civil war is a million miles away from being on topic for a forum discussing an Australian law firm.