That's why he was a utopist... Us practical socialists
can distinguish between reality and make-believe for fun ...
Just because we enjoy all the murder in Shakespeare's
dramas, doesn't mean that we think murder to be
essential in real life ... I hope ...
I am all for competition for fun! ( I am a fierce
and aggressive table-tennis player and I love most sports, even
cricket, though with all the money around it it is more like
coerographised circus
and less and less enjoyable.)
Eva
> No, competition is not necessary in the economic structure.
> Competition is an enormous waste of human and material
> resources.
> The USSR et al economy stagnated because of the lack of
> democracy, not because of the lack of competition.
>
>
> Eva
>
> My one-time father-in-law, a utopian socialist born in 19th Century England
> could not understand why it was that two hockey teams competed for a single
> puck. His solution: give them both a puck and then they wouldn't have to
> compete.
>
> Ed Weick
>
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