Reply #39: I'm implying NOTHING...

[jimlup]

I'm STATING that how the elites have redefined "socialism" and "capitalism" is part of their doctrinal control. If you just look at issues like health-care, the banking system, communication and transportation, the answer is obvious. Why the hell shouldn't we take collective control? I guess because: "Oh, I'd rather let rich pigs run my life."

Both "socialism" and "capitalism" are simply dogmatic labels that the elites use to maintain the power structure. For the more sophisticated, they have succeeded by diverting us with intellectual wild goose chases like "is socialism really fair?" (Ayn Rand, et al). For most of the poor ignorant masses (Reagan democrats, etc.) they don't need to be nearly as sophisticated. They only need to establish the "socialism = bad" , "capitalism = good" memes while hiding the fact that our system bears little resemblance to either. Then the truly cynical among the intellectual elites must sit back and laugh hard as the "bewildered herd" attempts to awaken from its stupor.

And as an aside, I'm not saying that any of these elite intellectual "people" actually exist - maybe they do and it is a truly funny picture - some of Tom Tomorrow's cartoon characters come to mind here. These established memes have evolved because they serve the surviving doctrinal and control structure.