Posted by Nick on July 09, 1999 at 13:31:00:
In Reply to: Re: Plots, what do they tell us? posted by Endre Zsoldos on July 09, 1999 at 13:06:42:
: : ": Isn't it Wyst where everyone gets the same food (bonter), appartments, etc. except that the villains actively subverted the system of vaguely socialistic nature? That's a clear demonstration of Vance's true feelings toward socialism, one suspects."
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: : Araminta Station, that could perhaps be described as a socialist system, and that is clearly a society to be admired.
: Oops. What do you mean by "socialist"? I have lived in a
: socialist country for 33 years, and I can tell you
: it is veeeery far from the system of Araminta Station.
: Unless you mean the Yips?
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: Endre
what I meant was the economic system does not appear to be capitalist, the people do not require an income because the state (in this case the Houses) feed and house them.
I am also unsure how the Yips could be described as socialist, I would describe it as good old fashioned despotism.
I do agree with you Endre, I would not describe Araminta Station as a socialist state, I was just trying to illustrate a point.