>From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>>And I keep seeing on The History Channel that
>>cretin Reagan looking at the Berlin Wall, and
>>declaming: "Tear Down That Wall!", and I keep thinking
>>maybe things would be better today if that wall
>>had taken a few more years to be dismantled in a
>>more orderly fashion....
>
>Exactly! Moreover, a state-run capitalism or social democracy would have
>been a better choice than the "organized crime" model we use here in
>America.
>
>Jay
I find this rather amazing. Do we really like the thought of people living
behind walls, even if it is deemed to be for their own good? I wonder how
many more people would have died trying to cross the Berlin Wall if it had
lasted a few more years.
And as far as state run capitalism goes, the Soviet Union is the prime
example. The state owned everything, even the people, and the people owned
nothing. However, the people were fed and cared for, much like herd animals
on a game farm, unless of course they were accused of conspiracy or
sedition. If that happened, they were culled out of the herd.
Ed Weick
