grok wrote:
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...
We are not all petit-bourgeois, and it is possible that some of us know more about some aspects of this situation than you do. For example, I probably know more about medical care in Japan than you do.
It is a mistake to judge an idea by judging the background or economic status the person who presents it, rather than by considering the merits of the idea itself.
- Jed
