[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Christoffer Ivarsson <IvarssonChristoffer at hotmail.com>:


> >> Well, I didn't tell you to embrace Communism. I told you to analyze it
> >> objectively. I have in the past somewhat humorously called myself
> >> "academically socialist with elitistic tendencies " . a Communist society
> >> is not realistic in today's world I think, and maybe it never will, so 
> >> for
> >> now I think the best thing is to balance up society - a concept lost to
> >> America it seems. Lagom is a word everybody should learn.
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagom
> >
> > The concept appears to be straight from Aristotle's ethics emphasizing
> > moderation.
> 
> It is not.

Why not? 

Chris:
>  As for "balance up society," Abe Lincoln said it best, "Government
> > cannot endure permanently half slave, half free..."
> 
> Parlamentarism has worked quite well for us for quite som time. If you wish 
> to have a 18th century system that's allright I guess.

How does reference to an 18th century system follow from Lincoln's quote?

> May I suggest you check
> > out "Dictatorship of the proletariat."
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship_of_the_proletariat
> >

Chris:
> You need not educate me on matters of Marxism and Communism. This too can be 
> argued for quite reasonable, but this discussion is quite futile so this 
> will be my last post in this tread.

A reasonable dictatorship? That I'd like to see argued.

Regards,
Platt





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