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{LPMA general} Karl and Frederick would have been proud...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Sun Oct 10 18:09:24 1999
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From: "Kamal Jain" <kamal@ultranet.com>
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Subject: {LPMA general} Karl and Frederick would have been proud...
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:43:44 -0400
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A fellow Libertarian I met at the recent Advocates For Self-Government
conference reminded me of this list below, which described the measures that
would generally be used to establish Communism in "most advanced countries".
Now consider where we are today, in a land that supposedly detests Communism
and referred to the Soviet Union as "The Evil Empire". Specifically think
about points 2, and 5 through 10. Eye-opening, isn't it?
- kamal
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[excerpt from the "Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels]
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to
public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a
national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in he hands of
the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state;
the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the
soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies,
especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual
abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable
distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of
children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with
industrial production, etc.
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You can find the entire text at these sites and more:
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/cp-usa/manifesto/man-2.html
http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/classics/manifesto.html
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