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In article <48$4spS6x8su at wvnvms>, cook at wvnvms.wvnet.edu (George Cook) writes:
>In article <ibitpb$39f$1 at speranza.aioe.org>, Wilm Boerhout <wboerhout-deletethis at gmail.com> writes:
>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG mentioned  on 12-11-2010 2:11:
>>> In article<ibi2ld$23ul$1 at ns.felk.cvut.cz>, smithfarm<presnypreklad at gmail.com>  writes:
>>>>>> What are you, some kind of socialist?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And if so, so what ?
>>>>
>>>> That was tongue-in-cheek.
>>>
>>> The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings;
>>> the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
>>>
>>> -- Winston Churchill
>> 
>> Mr. Churchill was miserable in more ways than one, despite his 
>> contributions to the world war^H^H^H peace. In his days, socialism was 
>> different than we now perceive it. SUBST/SOCIALISM/SOLIDARITY/%WH and 
>> think again.
>
>I looked up 'solidarity', 'Émile Durkheim', et al.  Churchill's comment
>appears to apply equally regardless of whatever distorted meaning of
>socialism one tries to hide it under.  No matter the stated meaning,
>it still all comes down to the desire that everyone should be equally
>poor.  I, for one, want to live in a country where I have the opportunity
>not to be poor.  Fortunately, the recent US elections give me hope that
>that opportunity will remain open not only to me but also to the
>descendant's of my siblings (having no children of my own).  Maybe
>George Bush's (and Reagan's) optimism about the future of America is
>not so delusional after all.

While I'd very much love to share in your optimism, I'm not so certain
that the future of America can be brightened without getting the greedy
elitism out of Washington.  The current climate is one where there is
only a specter of "we the people" in control.  The real power is in the
hands of the Wall Street thugs.  Take a look over the past few decades
at who has been in control of the purse strings -- Wall Street insiders
hell bent on owning everything.

...and the song's lyrics keep resounding in my head...

This is the 21st century
Flash to crash and burn
Nobody's gonna give you anything
For nothing in return
There's a man up in a mirrored building
And he just bought the world

Would you want
To have kids
Growing up
Into what's left of this?

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