tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post4407654983391791532..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Santa is a SocialistCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-24308349865653721372008-12-30T17:28:00.000-08:002008-12-30T17:28:00.000-08:00That's funny. Just the other day I was thinking to...That's funny. Just the other day I was thinking to myself how much Santa resembled Karl Marx. I wonder if this is just a coincidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-36767418059398011382008-12-30T11:49:00.000-08:002008-12-30T11:49:00.000-08:00No, Santa's Workshop is a non-profit organization ...No, Santa's Workshop is a non-profit organization which provides employment for the height-challenged and distributes gifts according to behavioral merit. <BR/><BR/>But the value of the gifts is positively correlated to household income, which means Santa's benefit structure is regressive in nature.<BR/><BR/>To each according to his wealth-adjusted behavioral merit!<BR/><BR/>The most pernicious of recent holiday traditions is 'stealing' gifts at office party secret Santa exchanges. I'll never participate in organized theft.Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-89837953215503555252008-12-30T05:27:00.000-08:002008-12-30T05:27:00.000-08:00Not so correct.Socialists take from those who have...Not so correct.<BR/><BR/>Socialists take from those who have and give to those who have not, usually taking promise wildly disproportionate coercion.<BR/><BR/>Santa GIVES, there's a stringent naughty/nice test, and it's the delivery mechanismis usually arranged within small family groups quite voluntarily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com