Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
Well, it wasn't hard to look at the actual survey questions, all of
which
are very straightforward, and not veiled ways of creating a red
scare. They
don't ask, "would national healthcare be superior to the system of
private
insurers we have today in the US?" and then conclude from that that
everyone's a communist. Instead they ask, "Is the United States
system of
politics and economics morally superior to communism or is
communism morally
superior to the United States system of politics and economics?"
Sorry to pour cold water on any optimism from this sort of polling,
but the question as put
is designed to evoke the most hoary of anticommunist clichés:
"communism" (as was once
supposedly practiced by Jesus and his disciples) is of course morally
superior to capitalism.
Unfortunately, in reality it is totally impractical--workable for
angels but not for us selfish sinners.
The surprise, if any, is that only eleven percent of a Rasmussen
sample responded in those terms.
Shane Mage
The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each
according to his need.
The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each
according to his greed.
Joe Stack (1956-2010)
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