From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Nov 05 2002 - 17:27:24 MST
On Tuesday 05 November 2002 15:13, Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/5/2002 5:03:53 PM Central Standard Time,
> charleshixsn@earthlink.net writes: (This said, in fairness I must admit
> that there are a few who seem to believe that socialism is defined by
> centralized authorities killing large masses of people. Doesn't seem
> plausible to me, but then I'm not asserting that position.)
>
> 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.
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