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Communist state versus corperate state

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dave c

In Reply to: Re: Communist tapeworm - no orifice too small posted by Mart on February 22, 2000 at 20:56:24:

I do not think the US can be held up as a good example of democracy.
Just a place where you have the right to be sold everything you could ever imagine.
The recent example of the Cuban boy whose mother drowned attempting to become an illegal immigrant is just one example.
The more interesting issue here is surely the support (and not) given by the (for example) Soviet government at different times to various artists.
To describe anything post-Lenin as socialist is ridiculous. Like calling Reagan a bad actor when he convinced so many people to vote for him.

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US is NOT a democracy Victor Khomenko 05:37:18 02/26/00 (1)
...and was never meant to be. It is representative republic.
The true democracy is one of the most opressive forms of government, something where most of us would not want to live, and luckily don't have to.
I don't think anyone will argue that the US is not perfect, dah as some would say.
Are you talking about the Soviet artists specifically? I am not sure what you mean.
What post-Lenin things are you talking about?
Let go the Reagan joke.
The way you wrote it makes it hard to see your personal position, could you please clarify it?
- the US is best described as ... Mart 00:30:28 02/27/00 (0)
  ... the worst form of government except for all the alternatives.
  He's talking about the modifications to the ideal communist government (not socialism) that were required in order to make them work. The soviets recreated the notorious Jamestown failure on a grand scale. They started with the myopic montra "from everyone according to his/her abilities & to everyone according to his/her need". And, they were wondering why everyone was starving....
  Don't mind the poor attempt at humor. It was reminiscent of a time that a reporter questioned her own ability to detect Senator Fred Thompson's honesty. He retorted that he formerly thought himself a professional actor until he went to Washington & discovered that he was a mere ameteur.

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