i saw a line in moscow that wound around a building
and down the street. ask my guide what it was for. he
said there was rumers of good shoes.

--- Kat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree: we *don't* need communism or socialism!
>
> Mag, have you thought it through?  How much a
> mixture?  It can't be half-and-half, that would be
> silly. This country rules by the majority and
> there's no majority in communism except at the very
> top level.  Do you really want a system like that?
> I'd think not!
>
> The ideal of communsim is equality for all.  But can
> you say that ideal was achieved in the USSR and
> China and other Communist countries? Of course not.
> They had the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' same as
> anywhere else.  Communism does not protect its
> denizens from the inequality of wealth.
>
> Kat
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 06/10/03 11:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mag's whip; was RE: Am I the only one
> online?
>
> >
> > Mag,
>
>        We have the best life style in the world, and
> it wasn't brought
> about
> by government bureaucrats. Sadly, people need
> profits for motivation.
> Corporations have brought about this easy lifestyle.
> Yes, the rich get
> rich, but they
> took the risks, we did not.
>
> Bobby
>
>
> >  don't know what the solution
> > is but I think we need a combination of things.
> > not just corporations, not just communism, not
> just socialism.
> >
> >


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