Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP
Path: utzoo!utcsstat!utcsrgv!dave
From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame
Subject: Socialism has never worked?
Message-ID: <2235@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Sep-83 00:19:31 EDT
Article-I.D.:  utcsrgv.2235
Posted: Wed Sep 14 00:19:31 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 14-Sep-83 00:51:59 EDT
References: <1923@rabbit.UUCP>
Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
Lines: 16

rabbit!jj declares that socialism has never worked anywhere:
>>>Why did they fail?  The simple reason is the fundamental
>>>fallacy of socialism, namely that all people will act in an
>>>'enlightened' manner, and continue to produce/act responsibly
>>>when they can slack off. 

What about Israel? While free enterprise is certainly encouraged,
Israel has always had socialist governments (until 1977). The
nature of a kibbutz, the backbone of the modern Jewish settlement
of the land, is socialist. Even with a more conservative government
in power for the last 6 years, the basic socialist elements of the
society (free medicare for all, cheap food, etc.) are still held to.
And while the economy isn't in the greatest shape, the country's
still going strong.
-- 
 {cornell,decvax,floyd,ihnp4,linus,utzoo,uw-beaver,watmath}!utcsrgv!lsuc!dave