More accurately it would be: "Capitalism thirives on the self interest of man, Communism does not thrive due to theft and violance." Linux is based on our own self interest(from Linus on) in having a functioning OS that meets our own critera. Dan Lund wrote: > Or as I usually say "communism thrives on the saints of man, > capitalism thrives on the sins of man" > Is there any wonder Capitalism prevailed. > > --Dan > > On 5/18/06, Victor Odhner wrote: > >> In the Marxist definition, Capitalism is also a central control >> of the means of production, only it's for the sake of the Bad >> Guys, while State Socialism is for the sake of the Good >> Guys. As Orwell said, all animals are equal, only some >> animals are more equal than others. Owning things (or >> managing them) gives us control, and people tend to like >> being "more equal than others". But some concentration >> of power can lead to efficiencies ... within reason. >> An "owner" can be like Linus, or like Bill. >> >> We are now seeing excessive concentration of power in >> the hands of corporations, which lots of people see as OK >> because they are providing us with bread and circuses. >> But the downside is getting more obvious, so I'm confident >> the pendulum will swing, and Free Software is part of that. >> >> Constructive, generous, altruistic motives are a good thing. >> Selfish motives get a lot of stuff done too. It's all about >> balance. >> >> >> >> Vic > > > "Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it." > -Napoleon Bonaparte > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss