[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.

Russ Johnson russj at dimstar.net
Thu Mar 28 23:41:36 UTC 2002


On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 14:51, Craighead, Scot D wrote:
> It's an econimic system that requires the government to own the means of
> production, so it is both economic and political.  Our constitution is just
> political.

I believe you are confusing communism with socialism. This is common, as
many people believe the folks in the former USSR were communists. They
were not. They never made it to communism (as Marx and Stalin claimed to
want.) from socialism. This is why they were called, "United Soviet
Socialists Republic" or USSR.

In communism, everyone owns everything, and everyone has access to all
goods and services.

In socialism, the state owns everything, and the state decides what you
get or don't get.

Marx claimed that by starting a socialist government, it would
eventually whither away, leaving no government, and a communist society
where everyone would have all their needs met, without government
interference.





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