I agree with Edmund ;) On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote:
> I agree with John, However, there seems to be a > basic misunderstanding about the difference between capitalism and > socialism. > > Capitalism works because it is designed to allow each person to make > decisions based on their own self interest. This is called freedom by people > who use simple descriptions. For this system to work properly, rules have to > be agreed to that encourage individual decisions that benefit society in > general, rather than just a few people. Unfortunately, over the years, the > rules have been slowly changed by the rich and powerful. We now see the > result of these changes. We now need to restore the rules that have been > lost. This is NOT socialism. > > In contrast, socialism imposes rules that are independent of personal > choice. The rules force choices based on what the government wants. Some > choices must be made at the top and this requirement operates without > objection in all organizations and in various ways in all governments. The > challenge is to find an efficient mixture of "freedom" and controlled > behavior. Unfortunately, too many people in the US do not think clearly. > Consequently, compromises are made that only benefit people who have the > largest self-interest to protect. This is achieved by keeping the rest of > society occupied by fighting among themselves over irrelevant issues like > who is liberal or who is conservative, or by encouraging an attack of > anything that is unwanted by calling it socialism. If you want to know who > is to blame, just look at what is written here many times by people who have > no understanding about how the world works. > > Regards, > Ed >
