> While it is more a Leftist than a traditional Liberal desire, Communism, has > advocated a leveling of society: from each according to his abilities. To > each according to his needs. That was one of the great experiments of the > Soviet Union, Wrong. The Soviet Union regarded itself as a socialist society, not a communist one, and did not, therefore, adhere strictly to "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs", but to "from each according to his ability, to each according to his work". (Precisely how one rewards people "according to their work" is of course a good question. ) Judy Evans, Cardiff ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html