[Peace-discuss] Guess the author (no googling)

Laurie Solomon ls1000 at live.com
Sat May 8 23:20:42 CDT 2010


> "Under capitalism we have the exploitation of man by man.
> Under socialism, it's the other way around!"

Now that is a quote!  I actually really like it.  It may not describe how 
things theoretically were planned to turn out; but it sure as hell describes 
how that practically have turned out.  Whose quote is that?

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From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 10:19 PM
To: "E.Wayne Johnson" <ewj at pigs.ag>
Cc: <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>; "Stuart Levy" <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Guess the author (no googling)

> From the annals of actually-existing-socialism:
>
> "Two men and one pair of pants is not socialism."
> --Nikita Khrushchev
>
> "Under capitalism we have the exploitation of man by man.
> Under socialism, it's the other way around!"
>
>
>
> On 5/8/10 9:19 PM, E.Wayne Johnson wrote:
>> I don't want to disappoint John W.,
>> but I just don't have any esoteric puns handy right now.
>>
>> To keep the light of peace burning,
>> I offer a small bottle of Chinese definition.
>>
>> "Socialism means eliminating poverty.
>> Pauperism is not socialism, still less communism."
>>
>> - Deng Xiaoping
>>
>>
 


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