From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Tue Nov 05 2002 - 17:34:07 MST
In a message dated 11/5/2002 5:18:32 PM Central Standard Time,
charleshixsn@earthlink.net writes: I don't think that anyone considers
communism to be a from of socialism. Most countries that have tried it haave
swiftly swung into an absolist form of despotism. Communism, despite it's
claims, is basically a centralist doctrine, where socialism seems rather
agnostic on centralism.
Charles,
I think you are simply trying to argue from the abstract and ignore
the concrete. Of course communism is a form of socialism and always has
been. As you say socialism is agnostic on centralism. There fore communist
and national socialisms centralism is prefectly within theory and very much
within the lessons of observed history. The only times your socialists have
not turned to centralism is when you could never get the requisite power to
do so and hold power. Sometimes you have been thrown out, sometimes you have
be voted out and sometimes you have had the wit to keep quiet and act
nice-nice. But, every time you had the requisite power you went centralist
and totalitarian.
Ron h.
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