Posted by Nick on July 09, 1999 at 15:11:06:
In Reply to: Re: Plots, what do they tell us? posted by Endre Zsoldos on July 09, 1999 at 14:02:12:
: : : 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
If a theoretical pig has wings, quacks, and looks like a duck...it is a duck, not a pig.
What I mean is that Nazism was called National Socialism, labels mean nothing.