The positive approach to personal rights "Socialism and communism both imply 'public (or communal) ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange', and, in the light of Russian and British experience, whatever may be the outward form, this means in practice state control." From: The Socialist Tragedy by Ivor Thomas, M.P., 1951, page 24. A promotion piece of the Foundation for Economic Education, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. THE FOUNDATION FOR E...