a free press and political democracy

[Michael Perelman]

I agree 100% with what Brad says below.  When do we start with such a system?
I am all for doing away with the corporate press [or at least having a viable
alternative] and the sham 2 [corporate] party political system.

Brad De Long wrote:


> If there is one lesson, I think it is the absolute priority of a free press
> and political democracy.

One of the problems with revolutionary regimes is that they generally come into
power under uncredible pressures, usually under enormous pressure from civil
wars and/or foreign threat.  They also lack resources to carry out their
program.

Lenin called for the Soviet Union to learn from the best of bourgeois society;
Yeltsin, the worst.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901