Socialism & Ecology in Japan-Look back to '47

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Mon Jul 3 09:02:05 PDT 2000



>DeLong likes
>to put words in people's mouths, such as his claim that I argue that 'Kim Il
>Sung's dictatorship was the legitimate regime for all Korea.' I have said
>time and time again that Kim Il Sung and the communist opponents of Japanese
>rule certainly represented a legitimate alternative to Syngman Rhee and his
>government of collaborators...

If only one of the contestants for power is "legitimate" it is the "legitimate regime." That's what it means to be a "legitimate regime" is.

"Put[ting] words into people's mouths." You painted the dots and labeled them (1) and (2). I connected them. "Put[ting] words into people's mouths," sheesh.

Do you actually believe the attempts at character assassination you are undertaking?

Brad DeLong



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