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Communism in the USSR was *based* on Socialism, but thats where any
similarities end.

Marx was rolling in his grave when he saw his principles adulterated
in that way.

~ian

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~ian


On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:55:52 -0400, Phillip Rhodes
<mindcrime AT cpphacker.co.uk> wrote:
> Alan MacHett wrote:
> 
> > To be honest, I'm dumbfounded.  Until reading your emails, I would NEVER
> > have associated 'Republican' or 'Free Market' with management having lower
> > salaries than employees or with redistributing profit back to the
> > community.  Well, I STILL don't associate those things; I think you've
> > mislabeled yourself.
> 
> Why not? Capitalism and Free Market aren't about individuals not giving
> back to the community, etc.  "Socialism" (at least as it's commonly
> understood) is about government based charity.  One of the reasons that
> Libertarians maintain that government charity is not needed, is the
> belief that in the absence of it, private charity would take it's place.
> 
> The relative greed and self-centeredness of individuals is really
> a completely separate issue from whether  you live in a socialist
> or capitalistic society.  In Soviet Russia during the height of
> Communism (the ultimate form of Socialism?) where there not individuals
> who managed to accumulate great wealth while others went hungry?
> 
> Capitalism and "Free Market" economics do not *necessarily* equal a
> selfish, "me first" attitude on the part of everyone involved. Those
> attitudes transcend political and economic affiliations, IMHO.
> 
> TTYL,
> 
> Phil
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