tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post4476131351033386116..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Why So Afraid of Socialism?Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-80141321580202214612008-10-22T09:55:00.000-05:002008-10-22T09:55:00.000-05:00Hi RJ - -I'm on my way to read your words of wisdo...Hi RJ - -I'm on my way to read your words of wisdom!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-61031202904411776142008-10-21T13:48:00.000-05:002008-10-21T13:48:00.000-05:00Nice article. I was going to comment on this, but ...Nice article. I was going to comment on this, but was in the middle of composing a piece on a similar subject, so I'll just point you there: SparrowChat.Com<BR/><BR/>;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-39189621523733975342008-10-21T09:21:00.000-05:002008-10-21T09:21:00.000-05:00AN ~~~ Something inbetween would be the ideal, I a...AN ~~~ Something inbetween would be the ideal, I agree. That's what most European countries have opted for, and with success.<BR/><BR/>As long as socialism remains such a dirty word in the minds of a large part of the US population, there's little chance of this country improving upon the experiment started a couple of hundred years ago. <BR/><BR/>The corporations will continue to dictate the direction here - if circumstances remain more or less as they are. However, I doubt that circumstances WILL (or can) remain as they are for many more years - change could well be forced upon the country and the revolution you speak of, which appears to me to have stalled, might proceed once more. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-4548945769361476702008-10-21T09:12:00.000-05:002008-10-21T09:12:00.000-05:00WWW - Yes, it's brainwash, pure and simple, IMO.It...WWW - Yes, it's brainwash, pure and simple, IMO.<BR/><BR/>It's easy for us to say, of course, we've seen a brand of socialism in action and can attest to its advantages.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-71479439053697679102008-10-21T03:42:00.000-05:002008-10-21T03:42:00.000-05:00I think the main problem here is America is all ab...I think the main problem here is America is all about the individual and freedom to be enterprising. Socialism tends to be about government and central control. <BR/> Unsurprisingly, I'd opt for something inbetween. In many ways, we've achieved this in the UK - a form of Socio-Capitalism. Although it's all going wrong at the moment.<BR/> I also think America is very much mixed up in a dialectical clash. US government has to see itself as a crusader against centralism, be it communism or, now, Islam. It is wrapped up in the foundation of America that it is a revolution in progress. This is not often appreciated today. Revolution has become the norm, so doesn't appear to be one.anthonynorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-18638167846401142882008-10-20T10:27:00.000-05:002008-10-20T10:27:00.000-05:00Isn't it extraordinary, T, how the poorest and mos...Isn't it extraordinary, T, how the poorest and most healthcareless of American citizens have bought into socialism as being evil? And also the fact that "liberal" is now a dirty word.<BR/>Propaganda at its finest. I am constantly reminded of "1984".<BR/>XO<BR/>WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.com