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		anarchotroll on Oct 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared of... Do you believe we would be better off if we destroyed/prohibited all the technological innovations you mentioned in your comment? Stop for a moment and think about that. Then, read the article below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

timtas on Oct 13, 2015 [–]

Um no. Read my post again s l o w e r. Love me some Bastiat!

anarchotroll on Oct 13, 2015 | [–]

Oops! The high density of comments criticizing capitalism made me misinterpret what you had said. My bad.

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