[kj] politics

[peter.west410]

People do go on about poverty,But looking back through history People have
never been as prosperous as they are in 2004,Indeed in USA poverty is
classed as having less than two cars.
   The world has never been as comfortable,Rich and Prosperous as it is
today.




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From: <Jpwhkj at aol.com>
To: <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] politics


> <xps1 at quick.cz> writes:
>
> >Jamie, the difference is however under capitalism the poverty is a
product of overproduction while in previous economic systems it was a result
of lack of it.
>
> Hi Pavel,
>
> Fair point. You could also say that racism was a central plank of Nazism
but not of Soviet communism - however, the Jews killed in pogroms in
Stalinist Russia were just as dead as those killed by the Nazis. In other
words, I can see many differences between the "-isms", but I also see a
strong similarity in the end result: a small number of people at the top,
and a large number of people at the bottom, and a certain amount of
ruthlessness to keep it that way. (Economic circumstances, technology, and
social security payments may make the bottom of the heap a more or less
miserable place to be, however.)
>
> There's enough for all our need, but not enough for all our greed.
>
> Second helpings, anyone? ;-)
>
> Jamie
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