"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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"Jose" wrote in message
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It is plain and simple communism. The people (read government) owns the
means of production.

On the other hand, Wal-Mart was a little company that got big because it
provided something the buying public wanted. It did not start out the
giant that it is today.

But now that WalMart is big, it goes public, and the people once again
own the means of production (only this time it's a limited set of
people). And, when it gets big enough, it purchases influence in the
government.

Ultimately, if enough influence is purchased, we end up in the same
place, effectively, as what you call communism.

Also, I would say that another useful definition of communism is that the
people own the =only= means of production. This is where it gets bad.
Otherwise, it is just in competition with everything else.



So business are OK unless they are successful? That's a nice thought.

It's called envy, the same problem the Arab/Islamic world operates under.

Michelle