From: Tony Williams 

Gary Britt wrote:
> Two Things.  The major religious holidays are more than an excuse to party,
> not that there is anything wrong with that.

The timing of them is definitely not coincidental. Let the peasants
celebrate their faiths, but only when there's less work to do in the
fields.

> Second, there is plenty wrong
> with the 7 principles of communism.  Its the principles that always lead to
> rotten implementation.  The principles of communism can only work in a
> non-corrupt and non-liberty threatening way when you are talking about a
> society of say a small group of villagers on an Island where they are forced
> to work together for the common good because that's the only way to stay
> alive.  As soon as personal interest and common interest no longer coincide,
> the communism's principles will either be abandoned by the individuals or
> communism's principles will enslave the individuals and deprive them of
> substantial liberty.

Replace communism with capitalism in the above and the same holds.
Especially the last sentence, only capitalism comes with a ready-made
ruling class to do the enslaving.

> So yes there is PLENTY wrong with communism's principles.

In the sense you mean, yes - they don't seem to scale well, which is my
main beef with communism and why I think communist superpowers are destined
to fail. I mentioned before that I don't believe there's any perfect
one-size-fits-all political system.

I've lived in both Europe and the US, and have seen the good and bad of
each system. The US is great if you're lucky enough to have the right
skills, but I've never seen anywhere with more beggars on the streets and
sick people who can't afford medical treatment. I like the place and have
made it my home so please don't think I hate the US - I just recognise that
its political system is not perfect. Specifically, more welfare spending is
needed and if that means higher taxes then fine, I'll be happy to pay.

--
Tony

> Gary
>
> "Tony Williams"  wrote in message
> news:43b47bcd$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>Gary Britt wrote:
>>
>>>I understand what your saying, but once I learned of this it just seems
>
> to
>
>>>me the whole holiday of Kwanza is no different than if David Duke made
>
> up a
>
>>>"Whitey Day Holiday"
>>
>>See, I wouldn't have much problem with that either. I say
"much" because
>>I'm not too keen on the racist component of either Kwanzaa or the idea
>>of a "Whitey Day holiday".
>>
>>
>>>based it on fascist principles and then we all stand
>>>around and pretend that yeah it deserves the same level of treatment and
>>>recognition as Christmas, Hanukah, and Ramadan.    NOT.
>>
>>They're all an excuse to party when the weather's rotten.
>>
>>
>>>[...] Kwanza is based upon the principles of communism.
>>
>>I knew there was something I liked about it. There's nothing wrong with
>>the principles of communism - it's the implementation that usually sucks.
>>
>>--
>>Tony
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