From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Nov 06 2002 - 17:44:51 MST
--- Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 November 2002 15:13, Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Charles,
> > We are only saying look at the data. The facts explain
themselves.
> > Ron h.
> But as a definition it's a bit lacking.
>
> I suspect, though nobody has ever said so, that an implict definition
> of "a socialist is any despotic government that calls itself
> socialist" is being asserted. But this is also not a useful
> definition.
On the contrary, it is imminently useful, at least to those who truly
value individual human liberty. It allows us to easily predict the
future behavior of governments that exhibit such characteristics, and
thereby take action ahead of events, as such governments slowly or
rapidly accrete power.
Governments that declare socialist agendas always trend toward
acquiring and utilizing despotic power specifically because there are
always individuals under such governments who dissent from such
agendas, either for reasons of self interest or for principles.
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