From: KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 03:02:25 MST
It appears as if Michael Lorrey <mike@datamann.com> wrote:
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|As a person trained in engineering, I know that engineers and scientists
|are taught to work WITH the forces of nature, not against them. You
|don't build a submarine out of tinfoil, nor do you build an airplane out
|of lead. You don't get a stable functioning society by making everyone
|give up their entire days work to the collective, because it IS human
|nature for an individual to believe they produced more than they did and
|deserve more than they do, and to expect additional reward for
|additional or better work. It is human nature for a person to put more
|importance in the safety, security, freedom and happiness of themselves
|and loved ones versus anybody else. The free market works with this
|forces of human nature, communism works against them.
I fully agree with the above quoted material, as it matches my empirical
data on how the vast majority of humans do function. I also agree with
the passage on communism/socialism, having done empirical studies of it
in the real world. Bluntly, communism/socialism does not work, due to
inherent flaws in its structure. It lacks freedom from oppression.
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