>I'm not sure that communism has ever existed on this planet.
Yup, I think I'd even go further and just say it hasn't yet. But I'm talking about communists, big-C (of the various parties) and little-c (not in the parties).
>"Developmental
>state socialist" might be the best term for Vietnam today -- not too
>different
>from, say, 1950s Japan or 1970s South Korea.
Yeah, I guess that's about right from what little I know of the place (I taught English to a couple of young Vietnamese students, one definitely from among the elite, and just asked them how things were going.). Getting further away from the socialism, though, aren't they, than before?
But I was reacting primarily to Michael's kneejerk response (which I could've set my watch by). I was just wondering about the point of calling such a group as the Communist Party of Vietnam "Leninists" given that they don't seem interested in Marxism at all. Or are they, I'm just not up on things?
Todd
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