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To: TimF who wrote (138367)	7/30/2001 4:39:21 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584048

State ownership is another way of saying employee owned and run. No it is not another way of saying that. The two things are entirely different. Tim, by your definition, not communism's. K. Marx intended for the people to own and run their own factories. In fact, Russia set up committees to run the factories. However, they were without power and of course, the workers never saw any of the profits. Marx envisioned a system where the workers owned, ran and enjoyed the profits of their industry. In fact the ultimate goal of communism was something you might applaud: the elimination of gov't as we know it. The elimination of government is not a viable idea. Listen to you......suddenly your tune changes. I thought according to you the less we saw of gov't the better off we would all be? Also another ultimate goal of communism is the elimination of property rights (or using the definition of rights I would usually use, the elimination of recognition of property rights). Holy sh*t, Robin...say it ain't true. Rather than eliminate private ownership, Marx actually intended to expand property rights to everyone. Every worker would own a piece of the action. Kinda like a condo. It was to be utopia. Got something against utopia? ted