[lbo-talk] China [was: Blowing Up an Assumption]

[Jim Devine]

I agree. It's just important to remember what abstract principles mean
in practice. For me to say that it should be the Iraqis that decide
the fate of Iraq is different than for me to apply the same principle
to Tibet, since the principle of national self-determination suggests
that people in the biggest imperialist power shouldn't dictate to
China.

BTW, in general, splitting up countries is bad karma. Among other
things, nationalities don't correspond exactly to geographical areas,
while there's often a lot of intermarriage.

On 6/10/05, uvj at vsnl.com <uvj at vsnl.com> wrote:
> Jim Devine wrote:
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> >I should mention that I'm far from being a fan of China. It seems a
> >case of authoritarian capitalism.
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> If the principle of self determination is still relevant, it must be applied consistently all over the world. It can not be applied selectively to Iraq, Chechnya or Kashmir.
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Jim Devine
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people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.