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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (329701)3/21/2007 3:17:22 PM
From: Ali Chen  Read Replies (1) of 1575174
 
"you use the terms, communism and socialism, interchangeably. That is not right.......there are subtle differences between the two terms."

Interesting exchange, but... First, I didn't spot usage of both terms in Tim's posts, you brought this up from nowhere. Second, the difference between two ideas is more fundamental. Third, your definition of socialism is seriously incorrect:

"Socialism: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done"

The socialist society was defined (and attempted to be implemented) as a society where each member contributes in accord with his/her own abilities (meaning a sort of equality between all human beings). In return, each member would receive a compensation in accord with the _labor_ he committed, not with the "work done". While the first part of the formula seems to be always true, trying to live to the second part was the root cause of all problems.

"There was the pretense of central planning but the reality was an oligarch decided how much to produce."

Who do you mean under "an oligarch"?

"Under communism, the workers were supposed to have control over the factory. In fact, they did not."

Funny thought. Under capitalism, stockholders are supposed to own and control the company. Are you? :-) :-)
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