[lbo-talk] China

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 23 16:02:07 PDT 2004


Carrol Cox wrote:


>Why do you want one? The Chinese people struggled, but, for the present,
>they have lost. Simple enough. What good is an explanation, except
>perhaps for antiquarians of the future? It seems a commonplace enough
>matter that most revolutions lose. Why should one expect otherwise?
>Human history is not a Dick & Jane reader.

Wow, an early approximation of an answer. So the failure is just one of those things? It had nothing to do with China's level of development or the structure of the Chinese CP? Nothing to be learned for the future? Is this just another way of saying shit happens?

Doug



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