[lbo-talk] Fidel drops in

Thomas Seay entheogens at yahoo.com
Thu May 8 11:44:17 PDT 2003


--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> 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?

I dont understand this kind of response, Doug. Why is it that when someone, even someone on the Left, criticizes a "Leftist" dictator, the immediate response is not to address the criticism but to counter with another criticism and thereby avoid any real discussion of the criticism? It's a nice rhetorical trick but I dont believe that it makes for genuine conversation.

Authoritarianism is unacceptable in any system, no matter what title ("socialist", "capitalist", etc) that it cloaks itself with.

-Thomas

-Thomas

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