Quoting Andy Bradford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > But, I ask, what is socialism anyway?
Socialism is country-level communism without the lust for world domination. Contrast socialism with capitalism - it's the opposite of a free market (don't contrast it with the US because there isn't much free left to our market) Socialism is advertized as collectivist (sound close to democracy? - government by the people) but in practice results in government by the few (just like democracy) ... an oligarchy or a dictatorship ... totalitarianism. Totalitarianism or total government is on the opposite side of the scale from Anarchy. A constitutional republic or limited government is the closest thing to anarchy and the farthest thing from Socialism, Fascism, Communism, etc. In the US we used to have a really great thing and it's taken over a century to undo it. Democracy doesn't last. It's bad enough that we turned our government into a democracy but it's even worse that we've tried to do the same to others (sound like communism? - forcing our form of government on others). -- Stephen B. Saunders http://www.republican-democrat.com/ .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
