Given this, it is interesting that Mr. Covino criticizes socialism.
Remember it was the big capitalists, Henry Ford, Bayer pharmaceuticals,
Volkswagen, etc. who supported Hitler, Mussolini and the fascists, not
the American socialists and communists. As a matter of fact, it was the
American socialists and communists who, in the 1930s, formed the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade and fought in Spain against Franco and the
fascists. It was the capitalists who massacred the American Indians and
enslaved the Africans so they could build their massive cotton and
tobacco plantations and get rich. On the contrary, the Russians and
Chinese have committed atrocities of their own under the banner of
communism. Anyone anywhere can use the name of a socio-economic ideal
to use torture and terrorism to enforce their ideals.
So this is my point, whether your socio-economic ideal is capitalism or
socialism, we can all work together if we understand that all of us are
patriotic Americans working for a better future for ourselves and the
world.
Robin Lehman
Warren
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