Re: neomercantilism, trade

["David Shemano" <dshemano@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles wrote:

<<<Yes, but the claim is that with the abolition of private
property it will be possible to abolish poverty and war. There will
always be new forms of struggle for humanity, with costs and risks,
but everyone can be free of material want, at least as compared with
how it is now.>>>

Why would abolishing private property free people from material want?  I can
understand the theoretical argument that abolishing private property would
free people from poverty, but is not material want relative and unrelated to
absolute levels of wealth?  Do not many wealthy people act as if they want
even more material wealth?  And is that not a constant across history,
culture, and economic system?

David Shemano