In Reply to: US is NOT a democracy posted by Victor Khomenko on February 26, 2000 at 05:37:18:
... the worst form of government except for all the alternatives.He's talking about the modifications to the ideal communist government (not socialism) that were required in order to make them work. The soviets recreated the notorious Jamestown failure on a grand scale. They started with the myopic montra "from everyone according to his/her abilities & to everyone according to his/her need". And, they were wondering why everyone was starving....
Don't mind the poor attempt at humor. It was reminiscent of a time that a reporter questioned her own ability to detect Senator Fred Thompson's honesty. He retorted that he formerly thought himself a professional actor until he went to Washington & discovered that he was a mere ameteur.
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