CDR: Re: would it be so much to ask..

Jim Choate ravage at EINSTEIN.ssz.com
Thu Sep 21 15:41:23 PDT 2000


On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Marcel Popescu wrote:

> > I think you hit the nail on the head here. For most USAns these days the
> > word "socialism" doesn't really mean anything specific
> 
> Socialism: state intervention in private transactions. By extension, any
> state is socialist, or it's not really a state, but a company in the defense
> (and maybe law) business.

The problem here is there isn't any issue of 'private property' so there
can't be any 'private transactions' in a socialism. This description is
more applicable to fascism.

It's important to note that 'regulation' is different than 'management'.
The first is setting of operational boundaries while the second is active
and immediate activity in the low-level decisions. They are not! the same
thing. This distinction is what keeps all 'states' from being fascist.

A state strictly speaking is a area and population that 'enjoy' the same
basic rules and authorities. Whether it's fascist or not is another
question entirely.

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