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To: freeeee

That's exacty correct. Property rights, so crucial to a free market and society are little more than a ruse anymore.


22 posted on 10/06/2005 12:13:30 PM PDT by Pessimist
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To: Pessimist
Citing "the common good" as justification, a communist holds that the will of the people outweighs the rights of the individual, hence they will themselves to become owners of, well, pretty much anything, by collectively assigning themselves property rights by force. It is said communist governments assert this "ownership" on behalf of the people. But at least communists are honest and upfront about it: they tell you right to your face that you have no property rights.

However a more insidious form of communism exists: government, always seeking power and therefore money may seek to take advantage of the prosperity of the free market. Government then operates under a false façade of ownership, alleging private property rights exist and doling them out in barely sufficient amounts as privileges in order to lure productive individuals to create wealth. This is properly called fascism.

29 posted on 10/06/2005 12:19:01 PM PDT by freeeee ("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord.)
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