From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Oct 27 2002 - 09:05:10 MST
In a message dated 10/27/2002 3:02:28 AM Central Standard Time,
charlie@antipope.org writes: I *think* the big government meme crept in
during the 1950's in the USA, specifically during the McCarthy hearings.
"Godless communism" had fellow- travellers, and those fellow travellers were
the socialists, so socialism was ipso facto tarred with the brush of
Stalinism. Which is a bit like tarring the Republican party with the brush of
Nazism.
Charlie,
Modern day socialism seems to have its origins in the French
Revolution. By the late 19th Century it had enough of a track record for
failure and human repression, per von Hayek, that it was necessary to rework
its image. For that reason they began adopting the term liberal.
Even today you will note their tendency to use every means possible to
disguise their true nature. In addition there is a constant effort to move
from the concrete of their past records to the abstraction of theory in
advancing their ideas.
Guys, in the end socialism is only an attempt to restore the old
absolute monarchs and usurp the power of the total dictator. It really seems
to appeal to the inadequate to have the power to terrorize their fellow man.
As Ayn Rand said they don't want your obedience they want you to
crawl.
Ron h.
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