Re: Modern Marvels

Edward Dolan wrote:
> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> Edward Dolan wrote:
>>> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>>>> Wilson wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>>> Mr. Sherman seems to be upset that your forebears purchased property

>>>>> and passed it to you as they shuffled off this mortal coil. 
Apparently 
>>>>> this property is what, according to Mr. Sherman, enables your
monastic 
>>>>> lifestyle. The fact that you do not have to struggle for your daily 
>>>>> bread as well as the inability of the cor****ate demons to strip
money 
>>>>> off your back for their gaming seems not to sit well with Mr.
Sherman. 
>>>>> Somewhat telling I suspect.
>>>> I believe everyone should be made to earn their living. Only hard
labor 
>>>> and suffering can build true moral character.
>>> Mr. Sherman is as one with Pol Pot and other communist indoctrinated 
>>> despots. Yea, let everyone labor for the benefit of the whole, even if
it 
>>> is only those at the top (the rulers) who reap most of the benefits.
What 
>>> does it matter if millions are murdered in a good cause! Mr. Sherman
will 
>>> preside over the "killing fields".
>>>
>> Well, Pol Pot went far beyond what I would suggest.
>>
>> One of the reasons why countries like the Soviet Union were never truly

>> communist was the creation of a new ruling class to replace the deposed

>> ruling class.
> 
> The new ruling class was necessary in order to implement the reforms
that 
> were at the heart of the system. All utopias need coercion.
> 
>> Lenin and his successors were interested in power, not improving the
lot 
>> of the proletariat.
> 
> Not true. They were ideologues first and foremost who believed in what
they 
> were doing, at least at first. But the realities of human nature turned
them 
> into monsters. It would be the same for you too if you tried to do what
they 
> did despite your best intentions.
> 
> Never try to make excuses for what happened in the Soviet Union. It was
one 
> of the greatest undertakings in the history of mankind. They tried as
hard 
> as possible to make it work. The belief in communism was more of a
religion 
> than anything else and when the belief failed the Soviet Union collapsed

> like a house of cards.[...]
> 
Mr. Ed Dolan really needs to get out more to learn about human nature.

-- 
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful