Doug >wrote: > >That's an outrageous policy, of course, but if I were on mainstream >TV, I wouldn't use "capitalist" or "capitalism" either - I'd opt for >more acceptable euphemisms. I've found over the years that lots of >ordinary people are susceptible to Marxist analyses as long as they >don't know that's what they're hearing. > I recall reading some poll results where a majority identified the line "from each according to his ability to each according to his need" as coming from the US Constitution.
I've always thought that an odd line, by the way. Are Marx and Engels suggesting that, in a capitalist economy, distribution is based on ability? Ellen >
