Re: [Nolug] Distro suggestions

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 19:41, Tim Kelley wrote:
> On Thursday 06 November 2003 6:59 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 18:44, Tim Kelley wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 05 November 2003 12:56 am, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > Or, are you a socialist (it's a free country*, after all), and
> > > > dislike free enterprise?
> > >
> > > yep, free country, baby. Yep, I'm a socialist, in the original
> > > sense of the word - what one produces, one owns. Socialism,
> > > despite the ravings
> >
> > How can "what one produces, one owns" be squared with a philosophy
> > that has the word "social" in it?
>
> Because
>
> 1) humans are social animals
> 2) your interests are always bound up in the interests of others

Others like family and those of a like mind. Only an external
power can get someone to give their own wealth to those who don't
*seem* to deserve it.

Two powers that I can think of are religion ('love your neighbor
as yourself') and the coercive power of the State.

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