[lbo-talk] sprinting rightwards

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Tue Jul 1 15:38:31 PDT 2008


Chris Doss wrote:
> Without meaning to get into it, I think you may be projecting your own concerns onto those of Russians, Chinese, and Eastern Europeans.
>
> --- On Tue, 7/1/08, Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
> I think the biggest problem
>
>> with the
>> "foster socialism by controlling the State"
>> argument is that the
>> strategy isn't very effective. Russia? China?
>> Eastern Europe?
>>
>> Miles
I'm not sure I understand your comment. I'm just saying that the socialists taking control of the state apparatus in these places did not lead to enduring socialist societies. Perhaps the next time socialists seize control of the state things will turn out differently, but so far the historical record is pretty disappointing.

Miles



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