Re: When?

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From: Kennon Baird
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 00:00

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"Larry Johnson" <ljohnson@gte.net.no.spam> wrote:

>Kennon Baird <kfb@phoenix.net> wrote in article

>> What will you think when a majority decides that you have one too many
>> televisions, too nice of a car, or more food than you need?

>That is not a true democracy or a true communism.

Well, my dictionary defines democracy as "government by the people".
The same book defines communism as "the common ownership of the means
of production and of subsistence". 

So I'll ask the question again: What will you do if a majority of "the
people" decides that you have too much food? Or maybe too many
children?

Kennon

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From: kfb@phoenix.net (Kennon Baird)
Subject: Re: When?
Date: 1997/10/01
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