[jessaustin]

As the example of manufacturing shows, nothing can last forever. There is no principle of morality that says all steel must be forged in Bethlehem PA forever. Self-described "capitalists" (not a shot at you, but I'm sure you know the type) wax poetic about competition and creative destruction, right up until the moment when their complicated financial instruments are rendered worthless by bankrupt counterparties. But this discussion is still a political one. If the government hadn't had the money to spare for these purposes, we would never have heard of 2B2F.