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To: Bill who wrote (74935)	2/22/2000 11:58:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

You are such a little liar, Bill, but who cares?

To: Bill who wrote (74935)	2/22/2000 12:05:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

This is how the Britannica characterizes social democratic parties in Europe in the post-War period: In the meantime, ironically, the Socialists of western Europe were giving up their Marxist views and turning toward the welfare state. During World War II almost all of the Socialist parties had joined governments of national unity. Afterward they sought to become popular parties following the parliamentary road to power and ready to participate in coalition governments with Liberal or Christian Democratic partners. Surrendering the idea that only full state ownership would bring the good society, they aimed at a mixed economy in which public control and a certain amount of planning would bring social benefits for all. This was, in essence, the idea of "the inevitability of gradualism" that the English Fabians and the German revisionists had preached around the turn of the century. In this country, the same set of doctrines is known as liberalism. It is true, though, that not all Democrats are liberals, and therefore that not all Democrats are social democrats. Plus, we mustn't forget independents and Libertarians and such.......