On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > You are mistaking Communism/Fascism and Socialism, Sam. And you aren't > even characterizing Marx correctly anyway. Marx was critiquing feudal > economies where a ruling aristocracy controlled the flow of all capita > and means of production, so that the people doing the producing > (mostly agricultural back then) did not own those means of production > (their farms) and instead lived off of whatever sops were thrown their > way. That system is just what you were describing...everyone in an > area gets controlled by one leader (or a family of them) and that > leader decides who gets what. Marx was against that.
I admit it's been thirty years since I read it but I remember it differently. The workers would take over everything and share evenly. Redistribution. If you couldn't work or chose not to you would still be treated and compensated as an equal. > And Socialism at 21st century bares little relation to the words of > Das Kapital, just like 21st century Capitalism bears little > resemblance to The Wealth of Nations. And yes, I've read both. The players are different but the results are the same ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311738 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
