Quoting Robert Jung <RobertMJung@...>:
> Since some ppl can get away with it and not be criticized like I was:
Don't you fear; we're shortly going to learn we're alive to suffer!
> _My_ opinion: The gov't doesn't own anything (hopefully!), it just keeps it
> ready for us when we need it.
Which "the go'vt" and who "we"?
> Gov't is ppl ruling themselves - it should be,
> anyway.
What should and is are rarely exactly the same.
> And (if it's run properly) it's clean and provides services to us
> citizens. I like socialism (democratic socialism) because it is designed to
> put the citizens in power and implements social programs to help _everyone_,
> whereas in _capitalistic_ gov'ts we are ruled by a wealthy elite who doesn't
> give a damn about our well-being! Corruption is a great ex. of this!
Capitalists (in the sense of people who support capitalism as a political
creed, not people with plenty of capital) are going to disagree with that
description ...
Andreas