Tim, Socialism is not better than democracy any more than an apple is better than an orange. Democracy is a terrible political system. Its only selling point is that its better than all the others. Socialism is an economic system that tries to balance self interest with the interest of the community. One might compare socialism with communism which places an inordinate emphasis on the community or capitalism which exalts the individual. Try comparing democracy to autocracy or anarchy. You might find that more helpful. If this sounds like a flame I'm sorry. I'm new to this e-mail stuff. thank you, Peter "Timothy R. Butler" wrote:
I know this is way OT, but has anyone noticed there is a small, but a growing number of people on this list who attack democracy, or hint that socialism is better? It seems that it is a disturbing trend - if those who already think that the oss movement is socialist, see such posts, it could certainly hurt Open Source.
-Tim