Louis Proyect wrote:
>
> Not really. India, like most civilized countries, has a parliamentary
> system. This means that all parties can get some representation no
> matter how small. The USA has a "winner take all" system that was if not
> designed to marginalize smaller parties certainly has that effect. That
> being said, it is fascinating to see the similarities between John
> Kerry, the Congress Party and Putin. They all represent something not
> quite as bad as the party to the right. With the deepening crisis of
> world capitalism, you can be sure that lesser-evil scenarios for
> "stopping fascism" will be played out until either the world blows
> itself up or we finally expropriate the expropriators.
>
hence my prefix: from the "anybody but bush again" department! ;-)
--ravi
