Quoting Christoffer Ivarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> Well, I didn't tell you to embrace Communism. I told you to analyze it > >> objectively. I have in the past somewhat humorously called myself > >> "academically socialist with elitistic tendencies " . a Communist society > >> is not realistic in today's world I think, and maybe it never will, so > >> for > >> now I think the best thing is to balance up society - a concept lost to > >> America it seems. Lagom is a word everybody should learn. > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagom > > > > The concept appears to be straight from Aristotle's ethics emphasizing > > moderation. > > It is not. Why not? Chris: > As for "balance up society," Abe Lincoln said it best, "Government > > cannot endure permanently half slave, half free..." > > Parlamentarism has worked quite well for us for quite som time. If you wish > to have a 18th century system that's allright I guess. How does reference to an 18th century system follow from Lincoln's quote? > May I suggest you check > > out "Dictatorship of the proletariat." > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship_of_the_proletariat > > Chris: > You need not educate me on matters of Marxism and Communism. This too can be > argued for quite reasonable, but this discussion is quite futile so this > will be my last post in this tread. A reasonable dictatorship? That I'd like to see argued. Regards, Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
