LH:

I submit that they are right for the wrong reasons...that is, what they complain about as socialism is not per se the problem, but they are complaining about something that is in fact insidious and corrupting -- namely, enforced group mentality. Socialism is an economic reflection of enforced group thinking, and it seems to improve some things in some ways but when allowed to run rampant it suffocates the incentive for individual excellence. That is not to say that it does not exist in some aspects of capitalist societies. For one thing, I think there are some aspects of society that can only be managed centrally if they are to be managed well.

But I would add to the list very, very carefully if I were a governor. Socialist structures (and federalist institutions) create the apparency that the individual is communicating with an overwhelming generalization -- the People.   This is a very depressing perspective, and destructive to the spirit of the individual.

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