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Warren, you have an insight about these things, which I don't believe
anyone else has been talking about. I think the Communist tail may
be/could be wagging the dog. China, after-all is taking Marx to where it
was meant to go, first to capitalism and then we shall see if China takes
the socialist/welfare path -- but, so far I don't see much evidence of it.
Do you?
Hank
On Sun, 7 May 2006, warren greer wrote:
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> You stopped before you got to the political, cultural/social and
> evironmental fields. Let's hear your ideas on them, as well.
> Capitalism is well-known for its ability to get things done,
> hell-for-leather, devil-take-the-hindmost, I've-got-mine-how're-
> you-doing! Lenin was getting into his New Economic Policy, limited
> capitalism under the control of the workers' parties, to help bring a
> semi-feudalist Russian Empire into an industrialized Soviet Union, when
> he died, suspiciously young. China may be trying that now -- only time
> will tell. It is certainly developing rapidly, but will the capitalist
> tail end up wagging the Chinese Communist dog?
> What happens when Capitalism developes to the point when, for
> example, one country has the facilities to feed the world, when another
> country has ability to produce enough medicine to cure most of the ills
> of the world, when automation can produce enough consumer goods so that
> no one needs to do without, and so on? There is clearly no need for
> whizz-bang capitalism, when we can leisurely produce enough for all so
> that we can all settle down to spend our lives in sports, arts, music,
> space exploration, literature, science, or (in the case of Hank Roth,)
> perfecting the interNUT! Well, the capitalists, if they are in charge,
> will welcome emergencies, (such as Katrina,) where they can make a buck
> off the chaos; or they may even FABRICATE a few chaos, where they can
> fix things up at their own speed and for their own price, such as, let's
> say, for example, Iraq, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, Panama, Cuba, Haiti,
> the Philippines, Grenada, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, the Dominican
> Republic, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and --
> who knows? Maybe even Iran! Syria! North Korea! Jawohl!! Today, the
> red states, tomorrow DAS WELT!! (Exuse me --)
> YEEEEEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!
> Warren
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