[CS-FSLUG] PD: Re: Christians taking action...

[Timothy Butler]

> an during the dirty thirties that was exactly what happened.
>
> Of course I've read 1984, and in history class we had debates over
> this stuff, and the conclusion was always that no system is perfect.
> But nonetheless when people in here start talking about socialism I
> always get the feeling they only have half the picture and they turn
> to to the usual "this person was an x and he was evil, therefore x is
> evil" argument.
>
> "Unions are socialistic in concept to begin with" just seems like it
> goes without saying that socialism is by default a bad thing. I don't
> disagree that unions seem like a waste these days, but during the
> industrial revolution they made a big difference: there's a time and
> place for everything.

	From an economics stand point, I can see no reason to justify  
socialism (and, economics being a hobby of mine, I've thought about  
this a lot).

	Unions are more of a mixed bag. My dad and my grandpa were both  
union men, and while I've never been one, and tend to dislike the  
corruption and democratic-leaning politics of unions, I'm not anti- 
union by any means.

	-Tim



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