On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Eric Smith wrote:

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>
> For a fictional/allegorical lesson on why socialism is bad, read
> _Atlas Shrugged_ by Any Rand.  It shows very clearly why the "From each
> according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" philosophy
> of socialist economics is not just untenable but actually evil.
>
In fact, socialism has never claimed to follow that philosopy. They said,
they are building a society changing to communism in the future, and that
system will working based on that theory. Only for the sake of exactness.

Imre