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

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 ...)

                                                     Andreas

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