[lbo-talk] Reactionary Platitudes (Was Re: Marx, Brenner, Technology )

Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org
Mon Sep 22 13:23:15 PDT 2003


From: "Luke Weiger" <lweiger at umich.edu>


> NK's special because of its isolation and commitment
> to "juchem" probably would have been quite diff had
> the North conquored the penninsula.

OK, Justin: what do you think a united communist Korea would look like? ^^^^^ CB: I'd suggest a further set of questions: What would united Communist Korea look like _if capitalist imperalism had not perpetrated a big war on it_ ? Same question on Soviet Union , had capitalism not invaded in 1919, and 1941( biggest war in human history), and not kept it under the nuclear gun for 40 years, forcing it to divert so many resources to defense, etc. ? Similar question on Viet Nam, Angola, Mozambique , et al. In general , how would the first socialisms have come out had not capitalism cheated in the competition between them by perpetrating big wars on the socialist countries ?



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