> > 4) Would socialism involve a sort of welfare state?
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>I don't see how this is a coherent question.
Because of your as-yet unrevealed idea of what socialism would be? I thought your whole line was that we can't prescribe the future because it will only take place through (unpredictable) struggle. But evidently you've got a concept in your head. So what is it, that it's not a welfare state?
Doug