[MD] The New Socialism - Wired Magazine

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Craig, previously] 

> In general my complaint is against the following kind of reasoning: 
> Step 1) Take a concept like freedom (or meaning). 
> Step 2) Define it in an EXTREME way. 
> ...In contrast to this “strawman” mode of reasoning, consider 
> concepts on a spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, markets can be 
> highly regulated, with government owning the means of production, 
> setting wages & prices, as in socialism proper.   Or at the other 
> end, government can just establish the structure of the market, 
> without competing in it or dictating economic exchanges, as in free 
> markets. 
[Arlo] 

> I wish you'd have the same complaints about how you do this to the 
> concept of "socialism". 

But I do define ‘socialism’ as on a spectrum (see above). [Arlo] 
> Would it be an example of "socialism" for the state to regulate 
> marriage as only between same-race couples? 
I think we should confine the term ‘socialism’ to the economic realm, 
as I did above.   Your example, is one of ‘social engineering’. 
[Arlo] 

> Gee, Craig, forgive me 

  OK, but only if you say 3 Our Adam Smith’s, 2 Hail Rand’s & sin no more. Craig