Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
Curt Howland wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> On Thursday 01 March 2007 15:40, Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> was
> heard to say:
>> You realize that GNU and socialism have more in common than in
>> difference, right?
>
> False.
>
> Socialist practices are ones of state concentration of power,
> collective "ownership". Socialism is the government granted monopoly
> for delivery of your local telephone wiring, your local electricity,
> your local water, sewer, trash. Socialism is the government granted
> monopoly that says you cannot draw three circles in a certain way, or
> you can be punished by government as a proxy for Disney Corp.
> Copyright and patent are _socialist_ institutions, because they are
> monopoly grants backed by the coercive force of the state.
You're confusing socialism with totalitarianism. Please see my previous
posts about this.
Reply to: