Andre wrote:
> Me and Mohandas Gandhi think the same. This is what we
> feel.
Do you think the same, or feel the same ;)
> "Political power, in my opinion, can not be our
> ultimate aim. It is one of the means used by men for
> their all-around advancement. The power to control
> national life through national representatives is
> called political power. Representatives will become
> unnecessary if the national life becomes so perfect
> and self-controlled. It will then be a state of
> enlightened anarchy in which each person will become
> his own ruler. He will conduct himself in such a way
> that his behavior will not hamper the well-being of
> his neighbors. In an ideal State there will be no
> political institution and therefore no political
> power. That is why Thoreau has said in his classic
> statement that that government is the best which
> governs the least."
I seem to remember hearing somewhere that Socialism has the same premise
-- that it would eventually lead to a benevolent sort of anarchy. I may
be American, but don't think socialism is a dirty word: in fact, I'm a
Ralph Nader supporter, if that gives you an idea of where I am on the
political spectrum.
However, Socialism's fatal flaw seems to be human nature, or, more
specifically, greed. Ironic, then, that a policy touted by a reknowned
American "anti" socialist -- Ronald Reagan's "trickle-down" theory of
economics -- would suffer from the same flaw. Unless of course he knew
and approved that the wealth thus generated for the already wealthy would
"trickle down" to their children, so they could buy Porsches and cocaine
;)
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