[lbo-talk] Re: Law Student With a History of Taking Left Turns

[Brad DeLong]

>Brad DeLong wrote:
>
>>>I'd like to point out three things. The first is that the main 
>>>danger of agricultural collectivization comes from the tendency of 
>>>such systems to create "monocultures" of crops
>>
>>No. The main danger from agricultural collectivization comes from 
>>all the people who got shot during the process of reenserfment of 
>>the peasantry, and all the people who thereafter starve as 
>>production drops and required grain deliveries rise.
>
>Well, seeing as they were shot, and starved to death, this "main 
>danger" isn't likely to come from them anymore.
>

This is the first time I've ever seen anybody support Stalin's line: 
"one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic".

Brad DeLong