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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: TimF who wrote (31029)10/6/2001 8:00:21 AM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
however freedom itself is IMO a more noble idea then forced "sharing".

Exactly. The implementation of attempts at communism used forcing... the ideal indicates that such sharing wouldn't be necessary, that all would freely and willingly contribute ("from each according to their means") for the greater good and take only according to their needs (and then relative to the needs of others)... as I say, a nice idea, not an evil one. But nearly hopeless in practice, certainly at above the level of a small, interdependent commune. Or a foxhole.
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