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This 3 page paper examines Plato's ideas about private property through reviewing the Republic and Milton Friedman's free trade concept. The ideas are compared and contrasted and it is suggested that Plato had communist ideals. Friedman is supported as the theorist who is best aligned with contemporary American thought. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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say that "Friedman argues that the state has no place in making value judgments and that freedom is the only appropriate goal for the state to foster. " Indeed, Plato
and Friedman are opposed in respect to their ideas about free trade and government intervention. Friedmans ideas seem to be most closely associated with contemporary American thought. The people
would not accept a socialist policy today as that is construed as anti-American. First, it is important to emphasize that Friedmans ideas are what the nation has embraced for quite
awhile The final chapters of Friedmans (1962) work entitled Capitalism and Freedom spout theories on the distribution of income, social welfare, and alleviation of poverty. Friedman (1962) largely suggests
everyone should fend for themselves, and defends capitalism in its full definition. He becomes philosophical, giving an example to back up the theory. One illustration is that if one were
to find a twenty dollar bill, in the company of two friends, should he share it equally (1962)? Most would say no. Would it be fair for the friends to
coerce him into sharing if he did not do so of his own accord? Again, the answer is no (1962). This example illustrates his stance which is that people, even
if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someone is better off than another they should not be legally obligated to share. This
is of course the opposite of Marxist ideas that support a theory of sharing wealth. Friedman (1962) further suggests that criticism of capitalism is largely from the Marxist camp, a
position that he of course does not support. Yet, it is Plato who some have suggested is in fact aligned with Marxism. The main argument in the article "Aristotle on
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