Misrepresenting Capitalism

My post on Hitler's Economics has been generating debate on the OGLPC Discussion List between Paul Barby, state secretary of the Oklahoma Democratic Party and Chris Powell, state chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party. Paul's posts have been textbook examples of how laissez-faire Capitalism is misrepresented by leftists as being equivalent to fascism. Chris has been doing an excellent job of exposing Paul's misrepresentations - better than what I would expect from a Libertarian and almost what I would expect from an Objectivist! One thing I've noticed about Paul Barby's slanders of Capitalism is that they have tended to be based on the Nietzchean myth that the only way for people to get what they want out of life is by hurting other people. He doesn't seem to notice that he seems to be taking that position for himself as well as the "Capitalists" he is so intent on criticizing. That is, he seems to be saying that the only way for him to get what he wants out of life is by hurting others. I'm not going to say that to his face - yet - since that would only push his buttons: Paul Barby is definitely a knee-jerk liberal!