>Thanks, Doug, You might tell Brown that I do address the question,
>though certainly not in enough depth, having major constraints deriving
>from keeping a manageable length. Anyhow, I do say:
>
>--they falsely assume that the twentieth century regimes that called
>themselves socialist, like the USSR, had a monopoly on what socialism
>means. This overlooks the fact that in virtually every case, the
>statism, centralization, authoritarianism, etc, were the results of
>trying to achieve capitalist ends through socialist means--in other
>words, the failed socialisms didn't believe deeply enough in the ideal
>of superseding capital, or were otherwise blocked from implementing this
>
>(as by ferocious attacks by imperialism, etc);
>
>More to the point, you might suggest that he look at my Red-Hunting in
>the Promised Land, in which the problem is taken up from many angles.