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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I don't know.  I do know that there is a big difference in a government 
providing social programs for a homogeneous populous like the Swiss , the 
Swedes, etc.,  and even social programs in a heterogeneous populous such as 
ours.  I was paraphrasing a Nobel Prize winner, back when that prize was 
truly significant. .
 
I live, in real life, amidst, to quote Swift, a confederacy of dunces.  They 
are highly educated and  successful,  as a rule.
Some might even describe me in polite terms.   But, I see their lives in 
terms of vacuous consumerism.   As far as the people around me know, I'm just 
another penguin in a large group of progressives.  I don't talk, I just 
listen.  
 
On this list, I talk, as well as listen.  And, I put myself out with my 
honest opinions, and just like others, argue in favor of those opinions.  Do 
I really think that I'm going to change anyone's mind?  No.  But, I enjoy the 
banter and the "fellowship" on the list.
 
If we all believed the same way, the list would be too boring to read 
....bobford



----- Original Message ----
From: Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 8:31:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Back to socialism

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:19 PM, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> 'socialism, or any other planned economy, always leads to totalitarianism' 
> t his is a paraphrase of a Hayek quotation
>
>  "The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich von Hayek
>
> http://brneurosci.org/reviews/hayek.html
>
That will probably surprise the Scandinavians.

Marie
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