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

Andreas Johansson wrote:

>Quoting Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>:
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>>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.
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>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.
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>(Then I've got problems with the whole concept of governments _stealing_
>money - without them, there wouldn't _be_ money
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Didn't Jesus say that, or something?  ;-)

I think, though, that countries that are poor are more likely to become
socialist, rather than socialist countries more likely to become poor.
Because socialists are the ones who have their support bese in the
poorer section of society.