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[Occhidiangela]

This has absolutely nothing to do with socialist world view. Take the example of the ships.

Uh, yes it does. See class struggle and class warfare, and "enlightened" despotism of the state, which requires an evil "they" to oppose in order to have a rallying common point of reference.

Socialism is a child of the Marxian, Communist, and thus Utopian, world view, which was based on class warfare as an assumption. The "they" who are evil were depicted as entrepeneurs and capitalists, or anyone not a true believer in the struggle. Note who Zenda posits as evil incarnate during the discussion.

The references to that archetypical model of social conflict arises from his posts like the smell from manure rises to your nose -- if your sense of smell isn't already deadened by the manure you consider perfume on a daily basis.

My biggest objection to NAFTA, when it passed, was that it did NOT hold all parties to equally stringent environmental standards. Hence the dodges pursued in the usual attempts to accrue competitive advantage. (Ever heard of Adam Smith?)

Occhi