RES: a trip to North Korea

Mark Jones jones118 at lineone.net
Mon Apr 24 12:34:24 PDT 2000


Brad De Long wrote:
> To speak of North Korea's regime as if it has some merit--as if the
> best solution isn't its immediate collapse and absorption by South
> Korea--is to say that the abolition of private enterprise and the
> bourgeoisie is a benefit so overwhelming as to more than offset the
> absence of elections, the restrictions on speech, the material
> poverty, and so on.
>

Actually, it is. (I know you'll defend to the DEATH my right to say this, Brad).

Mark Jones



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