>>> Brad De Long <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU> 05/25/00 04:16PM >>>
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>> Are you another of the very, very small group of people who think
>> that South Koreans would have been better off had they been ruled by
>> Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il since 1950?
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>> Brad DeLong
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>That's a different topic. Was he fighting against the fascists?
>Did the US support the fascists?
>Should the Koreans figure out their own country?
If by "figure out" you mean that governments that respect political, civil, and human rights are chosen by the people in free or fair elections, hell yes!
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CB: What if the Koreans don't agree with the Ugly Americans that what you list are the keys to democracy and freedom, but rather number one is freedom from Yankee Imperialism and imposition of a system like America's is actually fake democracy and a cover for colonialism ? What if they want to do democracy their way, not yours ? What if they don't agree that they would be better off not following their own leaders and don't want your , American leadership ?
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If by "figure out" you mean that whichever group of thugs has the most guns suppress all other political parties and seize power, then hell no!
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CB: But you are with the biggest thugs with the most guns ( the U.S.A.) So, you can't be championing democratic and human rights .
CB