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Re: Averages and Capitalism (was Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it again!)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:51:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Pedro Silva writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
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> > I don't tend to agree with Larry on political ideals, but as a goverment
> > moves closer to pure socialism, the potential abuse becomes greater. This
> > is not to say that socialism is more prone to abuse than capitalism, but
> > that abuse in a pure socialist system is farther reaching. It is easier to
> > become a tinpot dictator coming from a socialist gov't than a capitalist one.
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> That's absurd.
> Was there at any point in history a nation which *democratically* chose
> socialism, and later had a socialist dictatorship? No. There are however
> numerous cases of dictators who nominally adopted socialism *after* they
> seized power, or in order to do it - but that's a whole different matter.
A socialist gov't is more prone to being victimized by a dictatorship or
ruling class because a significantly larger percentage of the power in the
system rests with the government. In a capitalist system the would-be
dictators become CEOs instead. Much more useful for the
power-without-accountability types than any gov't position would be.
James
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