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Re: Trying to understand
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 20 Mar 2000 19:59:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> Steve Bliss wrote:
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas wrote:
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> > > But this is not a socialist country.
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> > I think you need to recheck things a bit. The US has a number of
> > Socialist features. 'Socialist' isn't a black-and-white, yes-or-no
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> A country can have socialist features and still not be Socialist. It's
> sort of like "Space" vs. "space"...capital-S has a very specific
> meaning, while small-s is more malleable. Semantics...with a small s.
> ;)
And that would mean that 'Socialist' is just a descriptive label,
without much specific meaning. Sort of like calling the leader of a
country 'President' doesn't mean the country is a Democracy based on
inalienable human-rights and personal freedom/responsibility.
Steve
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| (...) A country can have socialist features and still not be Socialist. It's sort of like "Space" vs. "space"...capital-S has a very specific meaning, while small-s is more malleable. Semantics...with a small s. ;) <dredge...dredge...> best LFB (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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