Re: What to say if you're accused of being a fan of socialism..

On Apr 29, 2:56 am, Eat the rich <goofin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 28, 7:00 pm, Neolibertarian <cognac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Socialism is control of property and means of production by the state.
> > It has nothing to do with "generosity" or "charity." Which is why it
> > always fails--and why it stands diametrically opposed to the teachings
> > of Christ. Hermes doesn't seem to belong to the list at all. Buddha
> > seems to agree with Yeshua that spiritual matters are separate from
the
> > cor****eal world altogether.
> > --
> > NeoLibertarian
>
> >http://www.elihu.envy.nu/NeoPics/UncleHood.jpg
>
> Generosity and charity is to let a few hold most of the wealth.  Think
> about it.  We, the m*****, are too stupid and base to know what to do
> with wealth so it's better if we let the plutocracy decide how wealth
> is distributed.  They know the right formula of how much wealth to
> give us to keep us alive so that we can build all of the things that
> they want.
>
> 20% percent of our population controls controls around 85% of our
> wealth.  The bottom 80% controls only 15% of the wealth.   To
> simplify, imagine a room with a hundred people.  The combined wealth
> of everyone in that room is 10 million dollars.  The richest 20, who
> control about 85% of the wealth, each has 425000 on average or 8.5
> million total.  The bottom 80 people, who control only 15% of the
> wealth, each has 18750 dollars on average or 1.5 million total.
>
> What does 85% wealth get you?  More say with politicians since we have
> no sensible campaign financing laws.  More control over how resources
> are used.  More say in how our economy operates and how jobs are
> managed.  Your little stack of dollars only buys you enough to live on
> and perhaps some toys to keep you distracted from how little say you
> have in your life.

=93The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings;
the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.=94