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To: forest
Democrat = Socialist = Communist = Fascist

= statist

5 posted on 10/26/2006 1:06:53 PM PDT by mjp
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To: mjp
Good comment. Thanks. I limited myself to the major parties running that would be destructive in hopes to wake the people this week before it is too late.

For those wondering about "statism", I copied the definition from Wikipedia. There are varying definitions for the term. I assume that you used the state intervention meaning.

"Statism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Statism (or Etatism) is a very loose and often derogatory term that is used to describe:

1. Specific instances of state intervention in personal, social or economic matters. 2. A form of government or economic system that involves significant state intervention in personal, social or economic matters.

"There is no precise definition of how much state intervention represents statism. Thus, at one extreme, some anarchists consider that the mere existence of a state is enough to make a country statist, while at the other extreme it is argued that only the most rigid totalitarian systems are truly statist. Usually, however, the term "statism" is used with a negative or derogatory connotation, in reference to something that the speaker considers to be an example of too much state intervention.

"The term tends to be used most often with respect to economic policies. For instance, Merriam-Webster defines statism as a "concentration of economic controls and planning in the hands of a highly centralized government." Advocates of economic liberalism typically use the term "statism" to refer to any economy that does not conform to the standard of laissez-faire capitalism."

19 posted on 10/26/2006 1:38:59 PM PDT by forest
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