Ludwig Von Who? The fat lady is singing my song, loud and clear On Oct 2, 8:12 am, "M.A. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank > Overthrow capitalism > > MJ > You mean RESTORE capitalism. > You and your deluded efforts to overthrow what is > not practiced. > > Regard$, > --MJ > > The main issue in present-day political struggles > is whether society should be organized on the basis > of private ownership of the means of production > (capitalism, the market system) or on the basis > of public control of the means of production > (socialism, communism, planned economy). Capitalism > means free enterprise, sovereignty of the consumers > in economic matters, and sovereignty of the voters > in political matters. Socialism means full government > control of every sphere of the individual's life and > the unrestricted supremacy of the government in its > capacity as central board of production management. > There is no compromise possible between these two > systems. Contrary to popular fallacy there is no > middle way, no third system possible as a pattern > of a permanent social order. The citizens must > choose between capitalism and socialism or, as > many Americans say, between the American and the > Russian way of life. -- Ludwig von Mises, Bureaucracy [1944] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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