Regarding Mr. Payne's letter (Readers' forum, Feb. 27), Sweden and Great Britain are not Marxist socialist states. The means of production remain in private hands. Those countries are labeled "socialist" — as are we in some measure — because of social programs that redistribute income. Money is taken by the state from A's higher income and given to B, who has a lower income.
As I understand it, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and others of his ilk wish to establish socialism on authoritarian Marxist lines, a far different matter.
Ronald M. Holdaway
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