[ale] Time to stir the pot

[Jim Kinney]

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:

> On 01/03/2012 10:53 AM, Brian Mathis wrote:
> > Sadly I don't see much to argue with there.  Unfortunately any
> > possibility of real political debate has been hijacked by extremists
> > who call everyone they don't like a terrorist or socialist.
>
> You mean people have stopped throwing the word "communist" around like
> it's a slur and replaced it with socialist?
>
> Makes me wonder when people will actually realize that it sounds rather
> silly.  I still want to know what economic systems have to do with
> anything else...
>

economic systems determine who GETS the money and GIVES the money. <duh!>

I'm still waiting for a system like whatever was in Star Trek.

>
>        --- Mike
>
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consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
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