The problem with socialism is that it doesn't produce wealth it only uses it until the nation is bankrupt.
On Aug 7, 6:55 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Lone Wolf > So where has this occured? Obama bailed out the banks with public > funds--which remain under private ownership and run for private > profit. Socializing debt, without collective consent, and then > privatizing profit, again without collective consent (infact it is > opposed by the vast majority) is fascism > > MJ > Banks, of course, are not privately owned. The Government > dictates almost every aspect through regulation and law. > > Perhaps you might define 'own'. > > What part of private involves government? There is ANOTHER > of your flaws. > > Lone Wolf > Socialism is collective ownership--collective benefit. > MJ > And yet that is precisely the pretense of the Government and > its regulatory efforts ... the Government is the de facto owner > working toward the benefit of 'the People'. > > Regard$, > --MJ > > Hitler did not have Mussolini's revolutionary > socialist background...Nevertheless, he shared > the socialist hatred and contempt for the > 'bourgeoisie' and 'capitalism' and exploited > for his purposes the powerful socialist traditions > of Germany. The adjectives 'socialist' and > 'worker' in the official name of Hitler's party > ('The Nationalist-Socialist German Workers' Party') > had not merely propagandistic value...On one > occasion, in the midst of World war II, Hitler > even declared that 'basically National Socialism > and Marxism are the same.' > Richard Pipes (1999), Property and Freedom, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, p. 220 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
