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Bill Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:39:14 +1000
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Martin William Smith wrote:


>I think the closest you can get to it is Norway, and I'm already
>there.

You wouldn't like to supply us with your reasoning for this assertion
Martin, if there is anything approaching reasoning behind that.

> Socialism never lacks a layer of owners.  The layer of owners
>is always there.  It is supposed to be the same layer as the layer of
>workers.

No, socialism entails social ownership of all the means of production by
*all* the people. All the people is not a "layer" of society, obviously. In
fact it clearly entails abolishing social "layers" (or social classes as we
call them in English).


Bill Bartlett
Bracknell Tas

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