On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:48:36 +0100, Richard Barker <Richard.Barker@VIRGIN-
EXP.COM> wrote:

>This is absolute nonsense.  You Americans (not all of you) must surely see
>that from birth you have been brain washed to believe that Communism is
evil
>and Capitalism is good.  This is just simplistic rubbish.
>
>Communism is not some forced method living, it's a political ideal.
>Christianity is a forced method of living as it has a moral rule book to
>live by.  Communism just promotes the idea that people are equal and that
>wealth should be distributed evenly.  It doesn't stop you going to the
shops
>or watching a film.  Unfortunately your only understanding of Communism is
>from the propaganda of the cold war.  The USSR was run by a ruthless
>dictator, in the same way many other non-communist countries were/are run
>(Zimbabwe, Iraq, Chile, etc).  Dictators are the ones that tried to control
>the lives of everyday people, not communism.
>
>Socialism and it's extreme form, Communism, comes from the autocracies in
>Europe where the rich few had all the power and wealth.  They weren't
>elected or subject to the same laws as the common people.  As a result the
>people rebelled and started the principles of equality and the sharing of
>wealth, two very good principles.
>

Thank you, Richard, for pointing out what should be obvious to anyone who
is capable of independent thinking.

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