For example, you had Professors John Dugard and Richard Falk appointed as SR’s on the Occupied Territories, who utterly loathe the existence of Israel (and in the case of the latter, is actually anti… (View Post)

I doubt very much if he’d worry about the freedom of expression of people he disliked. What brings the system of Special Rapporteurs into disrepute is that they are not impartial observers, but rathe… (View Post)

That would imply that investment (ie putting up capital) has no economic value. In effect, businesses can be run without investment. That is simply incorrect. (View Post)

You should compare it to the world of 1800. That's a world where 90% live in absolute poverty, compared to 8% now. (View Post)

The difference between you and me is that I think that the capitalist system that has developed over the past two centuries has been a positive good for humanity. Even Marx saw capitalism as being mo… (View Post)