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I just saw To Catch a Thief, and something seems to bother me with the story.
Did all the ex-cons know about Bertanis plan, or was it just him, Foussard and his daughter?
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Socialism, (as well as it's more practical applications), just doesn't work on a psychological level, it just doesn't make sense for one (it would only aid the lower class, and even that would only make a difference during the 'adjustment period', after that everybody would be in the same boat-then everyone would be trying to switch back to capitalism, because, well, imagine how terrible it'd be if everybody would earn the same, could see no opportunity for any kind of advancement in the future, and would be, on paper, no different than the person next to them, and the person next to that person, and so on, and so forth), and for two, it splits the country up, and the society turns Capitalist either way. Money isn't the only currency availible in the world, trade goods, respect, favors...a person is made in such a way that he tries to leverage himself to the highest position possible, either in his field, or in society in general. That's human nature. If a person was to forgo that, he'd become a mindless zombie slaving away at his work with no privileges to speak of, which is probably the reason why people will never support a regime such as that.
I'll also address your comment; you were trying to be smart saying that socialism sprung from communism, which is false, for a lack of a better adjective. Commiting such a 'provocative' and 'know-it-all' statement to text, hoping no-one would care enough to argue with you, is trying to sound smart.
"USSR was a dictatorship that spent 20% of its GDP on military. That's why their economy went bad." Unless you're an MBA or a person of repute in the economic world I'd appreciate it if you'd go into a more detailed explanation of your reasoning, because otherwise this sounds like an incredibly short-sighted and one-dimensional opinion you're trying to pass off as a fact. I'm not well versed on that particular part of USSR's demise, however I can say that one of the main reasons the economy failed was because it imploded, producing far too much goods/services under far too few, or far too weak controls. In other words, the gov't couldn't guide/keep in check/balance it's own economy and the latter's frame cracked under it's own weight. Spending 20% of a country's GDP on it's Military Sector was normal in those days (if that's what you're getting at), does a little thing called the 'Cold War' ring a bell?
"I can give examples of many dicatorships that are capitalists, that sucks, if u like?" Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Look it up.
The whole "Stalin-screwing-everything-up-after-Lenin" thing left is subjective, especially if you say it like you did, matter-of-factly, without explaining your reasoning or facts. "Stalin killed off all of the Bolshevik leaders"...and? Your point being they were crucial to the Socialistic regime? By the same token, are you saying that before Stalin came to power, USSR was, in fact, an accurate illustration of Socialist principles at work?
"And USSR was nothing near what you would call socialistic. Socialism is based on NO CLASS, this never happened." Oh-hahaha, I beg to differ. 99% of the population were in the same class (I gather that that's what you meant by 'NO CLASS'), whichever way you look at it. Everybody was living off of ballots, what little corruption and nepotism there was only helped you get a car 2 months sooner, you still had to wait 2 years for it.
"The state of capitalism has today gone from being richness inside a country between pople, to richness in the world between countries. And you don't have to be smart (something u seem to act as if u are, by talking down to everbody) to see this. " Well, I'll disagree with that statement, for starters because it's false, and also because it's poorly worded and hard to understand. Life Expectancy (Average Life Span) has increased dramatically over the last hundred years, all during the time of Capitalism. Natural competition between capitalist companies has promoted better goods for everyone to use, adressing the "richness inside of a country", as you put it. Natural competition promotes growth and additional employment and training of personnel, in turn educating the public. I could go on.
As far as Norway's concerned; I don't live there of course, but it's not a Socialist country by any stretch. It might use socialist principles in some of it's governing agencies or laws, but beyond that, I would've heard of Norway becoming purely Socialist. And I've got no problems with a country being somewhere down the middle, that's the way most things work best anyways. But that hardly works as an argument in (Pure) Socialism's favor.
Well no more correspondence because I do not want to indulge you any more. Maybe you can discuss issues with the others... because I really do take such attacks as serious and really will contact those in authourity. And they can take my words and yours in consideration, and compare my character and past experiences to yours.
Anyway, good bye.
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