"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 21/07/16 11:12, Brian Gaff wrote:
The fear for many is that socialism leads to communism,

no, it IS communism, repackaged.

Modern socialism is having the government do what it makes
sense for government to do like schools, roads, cops, the NHS
etc without any intention to have the government do everything.

ALL modern economies are a mix of socialism and capitalism,
even Hong Kong before it was handed back to China was with
the schools, copes, roads etc and with a very minimal amount
of welfare for the poorest of the poor too.

The only difference is what is done by government and what
isn't with some of the stuff like the phone service, postal service,
supply of electricity and gas and water and airlines etc.