CDR: Re: Re: would it be so much to ask..
Craig Brozefsky
craig at red-bean.com
Thu Sep 21 22:34:16 PDT 2000
petro <petro at bounty.org> writes:
> >That was precisely my point: socialism doesn't necessarily mean centralised
> >statism, wage controls or limited speech. Its roots are in democratic
>
> Socialism *always* means that the same people in a society who
> control the use of force also have control over the economic structure.
Considering the current situation, and the contant referrals to it as
Capitalism, I wonder how useful this definition really is.
--
Craig Brozefsky <craig at red-bean.com>
it's alright 'cos the historical pattern has shown / how the
economical cycle tends to revolve / in a round of decades
three stages stand out in a loop / a slump and war then peel
back to square one and back for more -- Stereolab "Ping Pong"
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