On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Aaron wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:21:10 -0600 (CST), Jim Choate wrote:

> >On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Reese wrote:
> >
> >> Then you have a very limited view of the world, corporations, and the
> >> distinctions between the various forms of gov't.
> >
> >Just take a look at the way the Chinese PLA operates...
> 
> But of course China isn't socialist.  They don't even have free labor unions.
> What does China have to do with anything?

Whether a particular instance of a gov't is socialist or not doesn't
effect whether it has a commercial aspect to its activities. The fact is
that every government is corrupted at some level by commercial interests.
It was one of the primary motives for the formation of the socialist
idiology as well as for its corruption.

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