I have no particular attachment to — or detachment from — either side of the table... my first interest lies in understanding how the growing prevalance of wilful malfeasance throws a system out of balance... and what (counter)measures are in place to ensure that such actions don't result in the collapse of the system.

I love the idea of "mom and pop capitalism," and it's actually part of why I ended up in the USA rather than in my native Denmark. BUT... it doesn't actually EXIST, it's an ideal that has been largely replaced by the feudal corporatocracy. And whereas I can appreciate the perspectives of Menger and other Austrian School theoreticians, I have to remind myself that they operated within the intellectual confines of universities and think tanks, they weren't actually out there running stores, factories or hospitals.

Yes, the lefties are definitely more sheep-like...