Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: RE: private property?

2000-12-09 Thread Jim Devine
I wrote: as I've argued before, Mao didn't have complete control. He had to respond to the power and influence of CCP cadres, while the fact that his power was originally based on a peasant revolution limited his power. Dennis Rodman -- no, Redmond -- wrote: Not what the historical

RE: RE: RE: Re: Private Property

2000-12-08 Thread David Shemano
Norm -- I wish there were more erudite conservative discussion groups. Conservatism on the web appears to be more passive -- original research done at the think tanks, often filtered through popularizers and columnists, is voluminous and available at the sites or delivered to your email. If

Re: RE: RE: Re: Private Property

2000-12-08 Thread Jim Devine
At 07:58 AM 12/8/00 -0500, you wrote: i can't find cyber-forums with a Conservatism or Right (meaning to the Left of Nazism and Monarchism) perspective at the same level of erudition as presented in PEN-L.* do they exist? what, the Rush Limbaugh ditto-heads don't strive for intellectual

Re: Re: RE: RE: private property?

2000-12-07 Thread Jim Devine
At 08:18 AM 12/7/00 -0800, you wrote: And if one person owns literally *everything*, the way that, say, Mao Zedong once owned mainland China through that Absolutist-style holding company otherwise known as the CCP? as I've argued before, Mao didn't have complete control. He had to respond to

Re: Re: Re: RE: RE: private property?

2000-12-07 Thread Dennis Robert Redmond
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Jim Devine wrote: as I've argued before, Mao didn't have complete control. He had to respond to the power and influence of CCP cadres, while the fact that his power was originally based on a peasant revolution limited his power. Not what the historical record says. Mao