[MD] socialism

[Platt Holden]

[Rebecca] 
> Platt you're probably committing an error that many Americans are prone
> to
> making; that is, equating communism with socialism.  They are patently
> not
> the same thing. 

Would you care to explain the difference in 100 words or less?


>Additionally, there is no such thing as a free market,
> at
> least not for very long.  If there were no controls and no rules the
> tendancy toward monopoly is demonstrable each and every time. That some
> places tend toward more or less regulation depends on the specific needs
> for
> the structure and goals of that nation.

If there is no such thing as a free market then what is Pirsig talking 
about?

> Pirisg is playing like McLuhan on this one ... it's unfortunate that
> you're
> too blinded by ideology to get that.

What do you mean by "playing like McLuhan?"

I look forward to being enlightened. 

---P