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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Gene, the population count of the entire nation of Switzerland is only a bit 
more than twice that of the metro phoenix, area.  Give me  a small population 
of blonde haired, blued eyed Lutherans; a war chest (like they had after 
WWII); secret banking for the world's richest men, and, I think I could stick 
them all in North Dakota, and promise good times for sixty years, regardless 
of political philosophy. 
 
 If you do some reading about the Swiss, though, you'll see that they are not 
happy that their immigrant workers are breeding at such a fast rate.  
Homogeneity allows for short term cultural experiments that could never work 
in a heterogeneous society.........bobf



----- Original Message ----
From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:34:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Back to socialism


On Sep 23, 2008, at 2:32 PM, bob ford wrote:

> Bill, you have a great understanding of Socialism..  There are many  
> reasons that it doesn't work, but as you have concluded, the fact  
> remains it doesn't.  And, it will always, as it's on function,  
> eventually lead to ceratin levels of oppression and tyranny.
>
> In very homogeneous societies, in ,you can institute socialistic  
> programs that will work until the population begins to decline or  
> populations of immigrants increase.  But, even , at it's best, what  
> does it get you.  Real quick, without using Google, other than  
> pocketknives, and watches; what do the Swiss produce?

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