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Re: OT: Socialism (WAS: Re: Saving endangered langs (was Re: Extrapolating languages)

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 23, 2003, 4:38
In a message dated 2003:12:22 09:59:28 AM, andjo@FREE.FR writes:

>Quoting Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>: > >> Is socialism any better at it? No, except that >> such governments steal more money and therefore >> have more to spend on those projects if they deem >> them necessary. > >I hope I don't start a political flamefest here, but Socialist governments >having _more_ money? I'd say the evidence points pretty squarely to >socialistically run countries tend to be poorer than Capitalistic and Mixed- >Economy ones. > >(Then I've got problems with the whole concept of governments _stealing_ >money - without them, there wouldn't _be_ money - but that's another kettle >of inflammable fish. I shall apparently never understand how people can
believe
>that Capitalism can function without a state with strong repressive powers, >but let's not debate that here ...)
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