[was: RE: [PEN-L] The Road to Serfdom]
Anders writes: You [Marty] say
what you would not advise them to do, but that's really not an
answer. I'm sure they could come up all by themselves lots
of reasons why what their approach has serious problems, but
if you can't tell them what they might do
Devine, James wrote:
I don't see what the point of giving policy advice to governments is
when the force outside the government that could counteract the
political power of the existing elite is extremely weak. That is, if
labor and other opposition forces are really weak -- as in China --
why
But haven't the objective conditions changed, that is the increased
flows of capital, etc. that makes for strong labor very difficult?
cheers, anthony
xxx
Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor
Comparative International
Doug
And why should the SK or Chinese masses listen to a critique if we've
got no idea of what to put in place of the status quo?
I would hope that any leftists who lived in China or S. Korea (rather than foreign
gringos like yours truly) would listen to organized elements of the opposition
