Socialism is a word like any other, a construct of humans and governments. Neither good nor bad, Tom is being mighty ignorant here since both the nazi and soviets called themselves and acted in great part in a socialistic way. Then of course you can discuss the merits of the pseudo socialism of the UK or canada etc. Historically the United States however has been opposed to this kind of central governmental control even though for the last hundred years we've been lurching towards it. The problem comes in that the reality of socialism more often then not takes a negative form. I know lefties like Tom won't understand, but those who do not support socialism, do not because personal freedom is more important then collective bondage.
*. . . a socialist policy is abhorrent to the British ideas of freedom. Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the object worship of the state. It will prescribe for every one where they are to work, what they are to work at, where they may go and what they may say. Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police. They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very humanely directed in the first instance Winston Churchill * On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:03 PM, t.piwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:15 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: > >> Nah, it's pretty much socialism when the Stupid Party does it too. >> > > > "Socialism" is simply "opposition to the untrammeled workings of the > economic market." Most of the world embraces "socialism." "Socialism" is a > good and virtuous thing. Anyone who does not support "socialism" is either > evil or a nut job. Which one are you? > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
