Re: I was wrong about socialism

On 1/11/2010 9:59 AM, kim wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:35:02 GMT, hal wrote:
>
>> On 11 Jan 2010 14:11:36 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:
>>
>>> In news:acF2n.28146$oC1.22795 @&*$?%en-nntp-01.dc1.easynews.com John Galt
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I used to hold the position that there were certain countries, with
>>>> one of two certain unusual characteristics, that could make socialism
>>>> work because of those unusual characteristics; and in all other cases,
>>>> extreme coercion would be required to implement it.
>>>>
>>>> One of those characteristics was a country that was extremely rich in
>>>> natural resources.
>>>>
>>>> I was wrong. Nat Res wealth is no buffer.
>>>
>>> That’s because “natural” resources aren’t very natural; they take effort
>>> to extract and exploit.
>>>
>>> The socialist parasites like Chavez expect wealth to fall from the sky
>>> like manna, but once they’ve driven all the productive members of their
>>> society out of the country or under ground, they starve. They’re forced
>>> to resort to more and more terror against the remaining population in
>>> order to remain in power and to support their lavish lifestyles.
>>>
>> You shouldn’t talk about Wall Street bankers and The Republicans like
>> that.
>>
> Money changes everyone, usually not for the better.

Money isn’t the measure of a man. Your need for money to quash your
fear, is your neurosis.

The problem with socialism is that to enact the collectives you must
first take away individual rights, once that has been done, it’s then a
small step to have a totalitarian leader who can steal the few more
rights that he needs to create a totalitarian dictatorship.

Our individual rights are an insurance against being dragged back into
totalitarian government control.