Star Obama's DOJ Sides with RIAA
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 24th Mar 2009 10:45 UTC
Law and Order We always try to avoid politics like the plague here on OSNews, but sometimes, it's hard to avoid it. Take the case of Joel Tenenbaum, who could be liable for over 1 million USD if the Recording Industry Association of America gets its way. While many hoped for a change of pace when it comes to these matters, Barack Obama's Department of Justice has squarely sided with the RIAA.
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RE[5]: US two-party "democracy"
by jwwf on Tue 24th Mar 2009 19:00 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: US two-party "democracy""
jwwf
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2006-01-19

Then again, most Americans equate socialism with communism, which makes about as little sense as a dog eating the moon.


Would you elaborate on your view of the differences? At the moment I see it as the two having essentially the same end-game goals but different opinions of how to achieve them--essentially, a disagreement on whether society should be forcibly reinvented, or changed incrementally through the existing legal system. At any rate I am surprised that you think there is no common ground.

I's especially hilarious because most people don't even have a clue as to what "communism" means - and that there has never even BEEN a communist state, only dictatorships that CALL themselves communist.


Perhaps that there is something in human nature which makes it impossible, in the same way that perfect peace is impossible?

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Thom_Holwerda Member since:
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Would you elaborate on your view of the differences? At the moment I see it as the two having essentially the same end-game goals but different opinions of how to achieve them--essentially, a disagreement on whether society should be forcibly reinvented, or changed incrementally through the existing legal system.


Socialism strives to create a certain amount of equality, social justice, and solidarity. It has little to nothing to do with the key point of communism, which is the common ownership of the means of production and property in general. Socialism means nothing of the sort.

Perhaps that there is something in human nature which makes it impossible, in the same way that perfect peace is impossible?


Obviously. Communism is not in our nature.

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RE[7]: US two-party "democracy"
by jwwf on Tue 24th Mar 2009 19:36 in reply to "RE[6]: US two-party "democracy""
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"Would you elaborate on your view of the differences? At the moment I see it as the two having essentially the same end-game goals but different opinions of how to achieve them--essentially, a disagreement on whether society should be forcibly reinvented, or changed incrementally through the existing legal system.


Socialism strives to create a certain amount of equality, social justice, and solidarity. It has little to nothing to do with the key point of communism, which is the common ownership of the means of production and property in general. Socialism means nothing of the sort. "

Fair enough. I wonder though how we should think of those who "split the difference" between these two criteria? Some American socialists have a strong collectivist bent which others (me included) find alarming.

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