I agree, REH
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:35 AM Subject: RE: [Futurework] http://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/ > IBM east (believe and maybe think) vs. IBM west (think and we hope you > believe). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 6:49 PM > To: Ed Weick > Cc: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] http://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/ > > > Ed Weick wrote: > > > Most would say that the USSR was not Communist, aiming toward it perhaps > > but a brand of socialism. > > > > arthur > > > > My own take on it is that it was state capitalist. The state owned all > > of the capital, made all of the important decisions etc. It kept most > > people happy, up to a point, just like large corporations keep their > > employees happy. I think it would have continued in that direction had > > it survived. > [snip] > > This doesn't sound like one of the worse alternatives to me. > > Happy paternalistic corporation employees in the "Free World" > and happy state workers on the other side of the "Iron Curtain". > > Too good to be true on *either* side.... > > \brad mccormick > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
