> At 11:49 AM -0700 7/21/03, 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.
>
>
> How about some facts?
North Korea aside, I'd like Brad to explain how the people who get shot and starve to death are the source of the "main danger from agricultural collectivization." He's clearly blaming some victims here.