Michael Gorbachev at Earth Summit

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Brian O. Sheppard x349393" <bsheppard at bari.iww.org>
>
>On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Carl Remick wrote:
>
> > >From: "Chris Doss" <itschris13 at hotmail.com>
> > >
> > >As a socialist who has been in Russia off and on for two years, I gotta 
>say
> > >that I love Gorby. He was a bumbling idealist, but at least he had 
>guts,
> > >and his heart is in the right place.
> >
> > The guy stunned the
> > crowd by suddenly getting out and waving.  He got tremendous applause.  
>It
> > was a thrill to see him, and I felt privileged by the experience.
>
>It's this kind of adoration of "great leaders" that is such a threat to
>our chances of having a really democratic society.

I'm not much for adoration (as I believe most on the list would agree).  But 
I think Gorbachev was without question a great leader.  I give him full 
credit for ending the lunacy of the cold war.  It's a pity that the USA 
squandered the opportunities that the end of the cold war presented by 
indulging in history's greatest orgy of capitalist excess and reviving 
unabashed imperialism.

Carl

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