Re: Distribution & Redistribution

jmhall_at_apex.home.net
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: 30 Nov 2004 19:23:09 -0500

chriscoll@panola.com (William C Colley) writes:

> Greetings All,
>
> jmhall@apex.home.net wrote in message news:<m33byt4o3u.fsf@apex.home.net>...
> > Ron Allen <rallen2@bellsouth.net> writes:
> >
> > > royls@telus.net wrote:
> > > > Socialists . . . want to socialize privately as
> > > > well as publicly created value.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ron Allen wrote:
> > > > As I understand socialism, it is about socializing
> > > > both collectively made and collectively used goods
> > > > of value, such as capital goods.
> > >
> > >
> > > royls@telus.net wrote:
> > > > You do not understand socialism accurately.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ron Allen answers:
> > > Fine. But, I will continue to define and use the
> > > name "socialism" in the way I understand the word.
> > > No one will tell me how I must use or mean a word.
> >
> >
> > Coming from the guy who keeps telling every one that
> > he would actually accept the decisions of the majority
> > if they "democratically" choose capitalsim over
> > whatever it is he's advocating.
> >
> > Thanks for the laugh, I needed it today.
> >
> > jmh
> >
>
> I'm enjoying the debate between Mr. Allan and Mr. Roy myself, over who
> is the better socialist.
>
> William C Colley

An enjoyment that nodoubt will cause some alarm
from Roy. I doubt he considers himself a socialist
and I think for the most part he isn't. His big issue
is land and land rents and the concern these are
distorting the funtioning of free market outcomes.
I think he places too much faith in governement
and assumes it capible of more than it really
is but that doesn't make him a socialist. It
just makes him not an anachist. And I gather
anarchism isn't really something that you're
a big advocate of so...

jmh

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