[lbo-talk] Leigh flips out

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

In a message dated 7/19/05 7:12:08 PM, lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org writes:
>You, me, others on the left may not like who they vote for but,
>over half of the world now lives under regimes that have parliamentary
>democratic, electoral systems.
>http://www.google.com/search?q=global%20wave%20of%20democracy
>  Read up pieces by Larry Diamond, in those "hits". His new book on
>advising the CPA in Iraq, is harsh as it s/b on the neo-cons.
>   I wasn't expecting such cynicism from Jenny.

So now the wave of democracy includes Iraq?  I'm not cynical about democracy, 
I think it's bursting out in movements across the globe and notably has 
considerable traction in Venezuela and Bolivia.  But I don't think that's the wave 
your Arab Development Report folks were referring to.  I remain unconvinced 
that voting while the wealth of your country is carted off (or destroyed) equals 
democracy.  And yes, capitalism is preferable to feudalism but there's 
nothing indicating that the U.S. doesn't seeks to create a pliable warlordism pretty 
much everywhere it's currently occupying.  As a feminist, I find it enraging 
that the U.S. is using the argument that it's freeing women to carry out its 
predatory program.  Feminists in Iraq (the ones that aren't U.S. hirelings) 
have a few choice words about that.

Also, is it cynicism if you're attempting to describe it while you're 
fighting it?

I'll google global+wave+of+democracy right after I get finished reading the 
10568 results from domestic+tsunami+of+reactionary+weasels.

DRR writes:
>Now that the Empire is coming unglued, I, personally, am going to take the
>greatest delight in kicking the cursed thing on its way down to the lowest
>pit of hell.

Alas there probably is a lot of ruin in an empire, but I'll second that.

Jenny Brown