>>American society is fluid, to say the least. I used to read a lot of Adam Smith and I tend to agree that people acting in their own self-interest will ultimately make decisions that benefit all, as long as government can create stability. Hard to have markets if people are shooting at each other. The amazing thing to me is always how little of that has gone on here. ( I guess I am an optimistic cynic < bg >
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>That's individualism. Don't need a civil war when you got so many guns around - people can just shoot without any need to get organized about it (coming from a... just cynic ;).

Well, since they made industry out of shooting outside, once outside market get 'saturated', they might end up shooting each other in a more organised way. 'Show must go on', or is it ; 'Business is business' ?
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