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Originally Posted by hairymarx
You fall into the time honoured trap of falsely assuming that the government and people under socialism will be two distinct and mutually exclusive entities. Socialism, when properly understood in the marxist-Leninist tradition, means both the people and the government are intrinsically linked.
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Again this is purely academic, not realistic. Your previous allusion to socialist governments being democratically chosen cannot be taken seriously. If personal desires of individualists are allowed to be energized in the form of free elections and a voice in their vocational activities, then you may as well accept and support the policies of right-winger Conservatives. That's what they tout as the best balance of power and preservation of their precious "liberty."
However, we know the Conservative and Capitalistic concept to be flawed in allowing some of the more fortunate participants to excel in both accomplishment and in rewards. Equality can never be achieved in such a system of personal choice. Strong, central powers must be applied to the masses to keep them in line for the goal of fairness to prevail.
Again, I ask how Universal Healthcare could possibly be instituted alongside the whims of individual choice. No..........I maintain that for a socialist/progressive society to exist, it must do so through the enforcement of centrally planned policies regardless of the desires of the masses for unnecessary liberties.