Re: The Education Function

Samael (Samael@dial.pipex.com)
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 15:34:47 -0000

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From: Terry Donaghe <tdonaghe@yahoo.com> To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com> Date: 10 December 1998 14:40
Subject: Re: The Education Function

>
>I'm working on a more comprehensive rebuttal, but first, I want to say
>that the entire premise of socialism is based on violence directed at
>the individual. When a government steals money earned by a worker, it
>is practicing a form of violence.

I dispute that the money is yours in the first place.

There are three quotes that I find very useful:

  1. Property is freedom. Capitalist view - Having property means you can support yourself.
  2. Property is theft. Communist view - owning anything means you are stealing from everyone - as in a natural state nothing is owned by anyone.
  3. Property is impossible. Scientific view: 'Property' is just a term applied to objects that you do not wish anyone else to take away from you. It doesn't have an intinsic meaning.

Samael