Subj : Re: Recession to Depressi
To : Dumas Walker
From : Boraxman
Date : Sun Jul 24 2022 12:12 pm
Re: Re: Recession to Depressi
By: Dumas Walker to BORAXMAN on Sat Jul 23 2022 10:02 am
> Socialism and, especially its cousin Communism, are only socialism on paper
> also. In practice, they are also usually totalitarian and certainly are not
> really the will of the people. North Korea is a good example. The
> Stalinist USSR, Maoist China, and Venezuela are also good examples.
>
Well Capitalists argue that Capitalism is only Capitalism on paper, and in practice, doesn't exist. Dr What said precisely just that, that there are no actual Capitalist countries now and he is a Capitalist.
The point is these terms aren't useful, because they can be so broadly applied, and so narrowly applied at the same time, that only confusion results. Discussion can only really be productive if one describes the system by its details.
It would be like me talking about 'cats', and you imagining house cats when I'm referring to Lions and Jaguars.
