[lbo-talk] Fidel drops in

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu May 8 11:20:59 PDT 2003


Bradford DeLong wrote:


>Why have so many on the Left for so long been so pathetically eager
>to lick the boots of dictators? Post many things like this, Doug,
>and you are going to drive me to make another try at reading _The
>Psychic Life of Power_

Well worth reading, whatever the inspiration.

So, Brad, how do you feel about the emerging consensus that for capitalism to work, countries need a few decades of authoritarian rule. Is that kind of dictatorship ok?

Doug



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