On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:19:32AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 11:02:26AM +0100, Mitja Podreka wrote:
> >> The terms socialism and communism were vandalised by the authoritarian
> >> governments and individuals, in order to legitimate their authorities.
> >
> > The terms socialism and communism where not vandalized, they are and
> > always have been synonmymous with authoritarianism.
>
> {{cite}}
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Socialism&oldid=112927557
"Gradually, however, the Soviet Union developed a bureaucratic and
authoritarian model of social development, which was condemned by
moderate socialists, Trotskyists and others for undermining the initial
democratic and socialist ideals of the Russian Revolution."
communism == socialism == authoritarianism
If not in theory, the certainly in practice.
> > There is a lot of truth to that. Take a look at Hillary Clinton's
> > rhetoric about wanting to "take" oil company profits and tax revenues
> > lost by tax cuts and wanting to redistribute them more fairly. That is
> > Democracy in action. The mob being whipped up to support taking other
> > people's private property for themselves.
>
> So the Standard Oil Trust was a good thing, and we should welcome it's
> return?
>
No.
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sanchez
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