On: Vonnegut: a society without productivity variation has no Edisons.

Very nice. Like a combination of Ayn Rand's Anthem and Orwell. Vonnegut rocks.

Yeah, here's a counterpoint: http://akkartik.name/blog/money-river

On balance I think Vonnegut was socialist. But he had less of an agenda, and that made him able to see more, lent nuance to his writing.

There are plenty of capitalists with agendas :)

Of course. I meant, 'less of an agenda than Orwell.'

Vonnegut identified himself as a socialist in his last book.

More than just his last book.