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On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 17:27:25 -0700, "Mr. N"
<seattledemocracy@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> If everyone followed your example, we would still be studying Aristotle.
>
>Uh - you know we *are* still studying Aristotle, right?

You probably are. Most of us have moved on to more recent and
scientific knowledge.

>> Marx cooked up a scheme which has been exploited by many phonies for self
>advancement.
>
>Unquestionably.  However you keep applying the term "socialist" to people
>who clearly are not socialists.  Why is that?
>-Mr. N

That is from the you who clearly has no idea of what `socialism' is
and results in.  Exactly what advantage do you see in a socialist
collectivist bureaucratic big government approach with high taxes and
overspending on worthless schemes?  I prefer individual freedom and
responsibility as proclaimed in the Constitution.  New Deal schemes
have been a detour. `Social security' - unsound financially and
approaching doom;s day when boomers reach retirement. Attempts at
socialized medicine has caused costs to soar and put even regimented
government care a catastrophic burden on the middle class.
Bureaucratic regulation and taxation to promote and finance the
politicians opinion of how our money should be spent has wasted
trillions. Unions encourage employees to hate the employers who pay
them and love the government who takes their earnings as taxes and
wastes the money on foolishness. Government meddling in schools has
destroyed American primary and secondary education.  All this while we
see the deterioration in european socialist run countries - Germany
and France. All this after we have seen the destruction of socialism
in the soviet union, and the gradual phasing out of socialist ideas in
China.  What does 5 decades of unbridled socialism do to a prosperous
economy - go to Cuba and see for yourself.  Prosperity and strength in
the US is the result of capitalism and individual freedom. Take your
phony `global village' and be damned.

I notice your remarks about `socialism' are without any specifics,
which is usually the case in those who have not looked below the
surface theoretical proposals.