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To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (323214)	11/26/2002 1:34:32 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "These systems are defined by their views of man." >>> Is a philosophies' impact ("where the rubber hits the road") not the important factor? >>> Communualism (public ownership of production) is EXACTLY the opposite of private ownership (Capitalism). >>> Totalitarianism or Authoritarianism is a 'view of the <governance> of man' that is irrespective of the economic structure. >>> The difference is important as what we are talking about is the Ownership of Capital resources vs. the Control of Political Power... two quite different axis of measurement. >>> Authoritarian forms of political rule can exist in either Market or Socialist economies... But Communism is antithetical to private ownership. >>> In the absence of public ownership - indeed, where private ownership is encouraged and promoted as a great good - then Totalitarianism may remain, as in the example of China... but it is increasingly less 'Communist', despite whatever PR propaganda is put out by the authorities to cover their retreat from Communualism. >>> Is the proper term then 'Mob-ocracy', or "Fascism", or simply a more pragmatic form of Totalitarianism? ... Sacrificing the economic precepts of Communism to preserve the one remaining fundamental desire of the ruling elites: their hold on political power....