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Gawd... if I got a slip of Monopoly money for every time I've had socialism/communism -- or capitalism -- patiently "explained" to me (or not) by a petit-bourgeois, I'd never have to buy toilet paper ever again... Stick to tinkering in your garages, guys. - -- grok. As the smoke cleared, John Berry <[email protected]> mounted the barricade and roared out: > 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 > > - -- ** FULL-SPECTRUM DOMINANCE! **************************************** * BOYCOTT BOURGEOIS * Get your news & analysis * * MASS-MEDIA: * from the Best on the Web * **** Critical endorsement only **** Most sites need donations **** * http://www.opensecrets.org Opensecrets.org * * http://www.flashpoints.net Flashpoints Radio * * http://www.snowshoefilms.com Snowshoe Films * * http://www.911inquiry.org International Inquiry Into 911 * * http://www.unknownnews.net Unknown News * * http://www.unknownnews.net/relalt.html Reliable Alterns. WebRing * * http://www.projectcensored.org Project Censored * ***** Weapons of Mass Destruction?? LOOK INSIDE THE U.S.A.! ***** GPG fingerprint = 2E7F 2D69 4B0B C8D5 07E3 09C3 5E8D C4B4 461B B771 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJoyLvXo3EtEYbt3ERAv+EAKCt/LB6ZznH2oIUElv5uIQy9gk/1gCfS+js GyZbBLz8Yv2Nw1nh+HDfPOo= =/U/p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
