On 11-Feb-2005, "Tinkerntom" wrote:

I see them as two sides of the same coin, you don't have a political
system without an economic system. They are joined at the hip. You
can't deal with one, without dealing with the other. Though I can
understand your fine line distinction.

There are democratic socialist countries, totalitarian capitalist regimes
and everything in between. The choice of an economic system does not
dictate the political system.

Mike