From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu Aug 23 2001 - 08:19:33 MDT
>From: "Olga Bourlin" <fauxever@sprynet.com>
>I have trouble relating to the "liberals v. conservatives"
>contest. I don't think either communism or capitalism is
>particularly democratic. We can do a lot better than we have done
>in the past - not by molding humans to fit the economy's needs,
>but by reshaping economic and social policies to fit human needs.
If you can think of a more democratic economic system than
capitalism I'd love to hear about it.
Communism and socialism do not fail because of a correctable
technical problem, but because of an incorrectable humanistic one.
These systems can only work if people behave in a certain way, and
history has shown the fallacy of believing that people will behave
this way. As a result every attempt with these systems has
degenerated to totalitarianism.
I'd be happy to consider any new alternative you come up with.
Brian
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