Posted by Endre Zsoldos on July 09, 1999 at 14:02:12:
In Reply to: Re: Plots, what do they tell us? posted by Nick on July 09, 1999 at 13:31:00:
: : 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?
: :
: : 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.
However, when off planet they appear to have a lot of
money and seem to understand the role of money. Moreover,
I seem to remember that you need money when visiting the
Yips.
: I am also unsure how the Yips could be described as socialist, I would describe it as good old fashioned despotism.
Which is exactly what socialism was in reality.
: I do agree with you Endre, I would not describe Araminta Station as a socialist state, I was just trying to illustrate a point.
I think that the use of "socialism" was unfortunate. But
apart from this you may be right :-)
Endre