Confession: I'm Spartacus, and so's my wife.

Posted by: Mac on August 13, 2002 08:05 AM

 

Well, if you know any europeen, you already haved talked to the equivalent of an american socialist... Bush would be a right extremist in those country. Did you know France once elected a jew president ( Léon Blum)? And some dare say they are more anti-semitism then USA.

Posted by: Richard Lehoux on August 13, 2002 08:08 AM

 

Are you forgetting Hilary Rodham Clinton?

Posted by: Ryan on August 13, 2002 10:29 AM

 

Mac, is that you in my bathroom?

OMG, terrorists could be sending covert messages via fudged e-mail addresses on web forums.

Posted by: Jack on August 13, 2002 07:23 PM

 

FYI, I do not intend any relationship between those two comments. Sometimes I write things as they occur to me.

Posted by: Jack on August 13, 2002 07:42 PM

 

Just about any social scientist on a US university campus is a socialist - what's the big deal? I'm surprised you find it surprising that you know one.

Posted by: on August 14, 2002 08:24 AM

 

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In this context Socialist means someone who belives that there is a better way than Capitalism to run society based on Human Need rather than the Need For Profit. We are talking about a Revolutionary Socialist who left college a long long time ago and still hasn't grown out of his 'adolescent ideals'. This involves doing things rather than talking about them.

The Labour Party in Britain have been calling themselves Socialists since their formation until very recently. They weren't what I call Socialist because they belive that they can reform the system.

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Posted by: Mac on August 14, 2002 08:51 AM

 

"Just about any social scientist on a US university campus is a socialist - what's the big deal? I'm surprised you find it surprising that you know one."

1. I'm not sure if I agree. Please provide some empirical evidence.

2. I was surprised because...I was surprised. The email was an unexpected and interesting surprise. In my mind I picture people thinking and acting a certain way. The author of the email wrote me something that caught me off guard.

3. Virtually all people that I know are Capitalists.

Posted by: John S. Rhodes on August 14, 2002 09:20 AM

 

It's important to keep political balance in a "free" state. Socialism and Capitalism have their place in America. We must remain a global trade heavyweight as well as take care of our own. The key is finding the middle ground.

Posted by: Chris Haveard on August 14, 2002 04:03 PM

 

We're all over the place. Yes, socialists, a.k.a. those legal alien neighbourly Canadians. No, not all of us. But, yes, we are getting used to being overlooked. Besides, thanks to the American influence, Canada is no longer as socialist as it used to be (and probably would like to be).

Posted by: Susan M on August 16, 2002 03:35 PM