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To: Sam's Army
Just curious; where is capitalism currently operating "without a human face"?

And where is socialism with a human face?

47 posted on 02/24/2006 8:24:56 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Good question. Plenty of the Left would point to Cuba, Venezuela, etc. unforutnately.


49 posted on 02/24/2006 8:33:21 AM PST by Sam's Army (Another unsuccessful attempt to refrain from posting)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
And where is socialism with a human face?

If you're one of those folks who sees a hungry kid and wants to help her, then you see its human face every time you look in the mirror.

Most humans naturally do want to help people in need. I'd go so far as to say that many folks who are in favor of various socialist ideas are genuinely motivated by a desire to help. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to help.

The failures of socialism as a governing principle are well-known. It's a perversion of a good and natural desire to help; the problem is that it raises "wanting to help" above all other moral imperatives (like freedom, for example), and thus not only ruins those things, but also ends up failing to help.

Still -- the "human face" of socialism is yours and mine.

54 posted on 02/24/2006 9:22:36 AM PST by r9etb
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