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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Politics and Ethics--Socialism,
Message-ID: <1074@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 14:35:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 23 14:35:52 1986
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Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <101500008@uiucdcs> renner@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>If a few people control most of the income and wealth, then in practice
>*any* political system will cater to the wants of these people.  This
>is unavoidable.  A "free market" is no better and no worse than anything
>else in this situation.

Well, not quite.  A revolutionary political system will generally destroy
most of the wealth, instead.  (Of course, no political system remains
revolutionary for very long, except in name.)

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108