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Re:Instead of Standing, Why Not Lie Down While You Work? by Rumford on Thursday October 29, 2015 @01:59PM (#10472978)
Ever read Harrison Bergeron?

Making everyone equally happy is impossible, so the regime ultimately resorts to making everyone equally miserable.

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Re:Instead of Standing, Why Not Lie Down While You Work? by cruise02 on Thursday October 29, 2015 @02:19PM (#10473142)
I guess I can understand how people might become confused if their concept of socialism comes from a single satirical book about egalitarianism.
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Re:Instead of Standing, Why Not Lie Down While You Work? by Rumford on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @10:40PM (#10504446)
Well, one satirical short story and actual historical socialism's mountains of corpses.
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