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    "title": "The Spoiled Children of Capitalism",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "created": "2009-11-02 14:00:47 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>People ask, \u00e2\u0080\u009cWhy is there poverty in the world?\u00e2\u0080\u009d It\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a silly question. Poverty is the default human condition. It is the factory preset of this mortal coil. As individuals and as a species, we are born naked and penniless, bereft of skills or possessions. Likewise, in his civilizational infancy man was poor, in every sense. He lived in ignorance, filth, hunger, and pain, and he died very young, either by violence or disease.</p>\n<p>The interesting question isn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t \u00e2\u0080\u009cWhy is there poverty?\u00e2\u0080\u009d It\u00e2\u0080\u0099s \u00e2\u0080\u009cWhy is there wealth?\u00e2\u0080\u009d Or: \u00e2\u0080\u009cWhy is there prosperity here but not there?\u00e2\u0080\u009d</p>\n<p>At the end of the day, the first answer is capitalism, rightly understood. That is to say: free markets, private property, the spirit of entrepreneurialism and the conviction that the fruits of your labors are your own.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>via <a href=\"http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=MDdiYTgxOGE0ZjNiZTEzZmI3OGQwMzBmYWFlNWE1MDg=\">The Spoiled Children of Capitalism by Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online</a>.</em></p>\n"
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