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- From: b645zaw@utarlg.uta.edu (General Boycott)
- Subject: Re: Anti-Establishment Coalition (LaRouche Contingent)
- Message-ID: <23NOV199209440834@utarlg.uta.edu>
- Summary: More intellectualist games.
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:44:00 GMT
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- In article <1eqomoINN68m@network.ucsd.edu>,
- spl@ivem.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont) writes...
-
- >In article <23NOV199203543289@utarlg.uta.edu>
- >>b645zaw@utarlg.uta.edu (General Boycott) writes:
- >>From what little I know, I'd say he's a socialist democrat, but since
- >>they just took over the USSA ... mebe not.
- >>
- >>{ Yes, USSA -- United Socialist States of America. <sigh> }
-
- >Just before the election we had a visitor here from Scotland and I had
- >a hard time convincing him that anyone would conceive of Bill Gore and
- >Al Clinton as Liberals, much less Socialists.
-
- ...or anything more than puppets.
-
- But, I see we're going to have to do this by the numbers.
-
- First, a working definition:
-
- "socialism" - a political and economic theory advocating
- collective ownership of the means of production and con-
- trol of distribution. It is based on the belief that all,
- while contributing to the good of the community, are
- equally entitled to the care and protection which the
- community can provide. The theory assumes different forms
- according to the relative stress laid on its social, eco-
- nomic, and political corollaries. Thus Marxian socialism
- is concerned very largely with the economic issues, and
- postulates the communal ownership and control of the means
- of production, distribution and exchange. Christian social-
- ism stresses the social aspect, making of the theory a way
- of life. Democratic socialism stresses the political aspect,
- accepting a compromise in the economic field between state
- and private enterprise. All forms of the theory agree in
- being opposed to uncontrolled capitalism and in seeking
- equality of opportunity for all members of the community.
-
-
- Any dispute?
-
-