Of course, the bourgeois media is all about covering up the most fundamental historical change of this century , which is the beginning of the end of capitalism and colonialism. Despite the fall of the Soviet Union, there is far more impact of Leninism (than Nazism) still in the world today, including the defeat of Nazism ( 95 % of the Nazi casualties were inflicted by the Red Army; the Western front was very small compared to the East.) and the end of European paleo-colonialism , which gripped a huge fraction of the world's population. Nazism itself was mainly part of capitalism's response to socialism to try and destroy the latter.
Charles Brown
>>> "W. Kiernan" <WKiernan at concentric.net> 05/17/99 10:37PM >>>
Charles Brown wrote:
>
> However, Adolph Hitler's high vote count is no indication of a
> serious problem of racism in America, for as we know there are
> different interpretations of what Hitler represents (sarcasm).
Charles, I almost voted for Hitler. Sure not because I admire him or anything insane like that, but the criterion is:
...that person who, for better or worse, most influenced the course
^^ ^^^^^
of history over the past 100 years.
Today you see Hitler's hoof print all across all the lands on the globe. However, rather than giving top credit to a butcher and a destroyer, I chose to nominate someone who instead contributed materially to the maintenance of peace in this war-sick world. I voted for Klaus Fuchs.
I wonder if they discarded that vote as "whimsical." Speaking of whimsy, as of 10:21 PM EST Elvis is surging even farther into the lead. The latest votes are:
> CounterPunch <sitka at teleport.com> 05/17/99 03:20PM wrote:
> >
> > A Dec. 1999 issue of Time Magazine will unveil the "Person of the
> > Century." Time's website is now holding a "reader poll" to help
> > them make this awesome determination. Here's how the balloting
> > stacks up so far....
> >
> > To vote, go to:
> > www.pathfinder.com/time/time100/toppersonmain.html
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Person % Tally
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Elvis Presley 22.43 [24.96] 231805 [296156]
> > Adolf Hitler 19.49 [19.55] 201392 [232025]
> > Pope John Paul II 13.34 [12.64] 137869 [150040]
> > Martin Luther King 10.74 [10.99] 111014 [130499]
> > ...
> > Murray N. Rothbard [ 0.62] [ 7371]
Yours WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net