[lbo-talk] Chomsky now at No. 1 on Amazon, No. 2 at Barnes & Nobl

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 24 08:40:45 PDT 2006


--- Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:


>
> Nonetheless, I will never quite understand the point
> with the sort of "argument from the existing" of the
> type that Yoshie makes above. This seems rather
> similar to me to Chris Doss's argument that Putin is
> also admired in Russia, and that the standard of
> living there is improving.
>

What matters except standard of living? Coincidence with a Platonic form of the Ideal Society? Who cares?


> ex-NSDAP member Adenauer's Germany also experienced
> the Wirtschaftswunder. Why is the popularity of a
> leader and the standard of living in a country an
> argument for supporting a particular nation-state?
>

What the heck do you have against Adenauer's Germany?

__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list