>> 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".
Uh, Brad, maybe you ought to look at what _you_ wrote. You said that the "main danger" comes from "all the people who got shot," etc. _You_ said they were a danger, not I. All I did was point out that, since they were shot and starved decades ago, they are no longer the "main danger" you're warning us about.
Personally, I'd rather they didn't get shot, or starve to death. But I never regarded them as a "main danger," either.