> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Barker
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> Saddam Hussein and his regime are RIGHT WING.
>
> Re-read the quote I sent earlier from Britannica Concise
> Encyclopaedia.

To quote some egghead from EB doesn't make it so.  To
force fit a book definition into real-life is a typical
fallacy any college sophomore can write in an essay.
(That I'm known on this list for my sophomoric comments
is another issue.)

> How can a right wing dictator's political viewpoint be the
> same as a left
> wing socialist.

Again, imagining a rock is a rose ignores the facts.
The historical context of the Ba'athist party (and
it's nefarious leader) is Socialist.  Production and
output distribution are controlled by committee, in
the same context as in Stalin's Russia and Mao's
China, [the worker's paradise of Socialist Republics.
(That the Soviet Union fell and China wizened up to
a market economy, are relevant topics but another
story.)]

> What is everyone's problem with Socialism, it's principle
is
> that everyone
> is treated equally, unfortunately most people that preach
it
> often don't
> practise it.  Obviously any extreme political system is
> fundamentally flawed
> because of human nature.  Extreme Capitalism is just as
bad as extreme
> Socialism.
>
> Socialism in a nutshell  [spewed soapbox definition
snipped]

Yeah, yeah, we all know the bookshelf definition of
Socialism.  Suggest that taking a course in Middle-East
studies in order to get out of the cloud of Philosophy
and learn some hard facts about relevant context.


BT
NNNN


Tracy Johnson
http://hp3000.empireclassic.com/

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