The complaints don't relate to economic stagnation and/or political repression. They relate to the individual's desire to be able to gain material or social priviliges he or she perceives as deserving due to his or her special accomplishments/characteristics.
The complaint may be valid, but it's not the same complaint.
--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Hamid Dabashi on Iran
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:28 AM
> And in the Eastern Bloc they had
> economic stagnation and political
> repression as well. No wonder the complaints are
> similar?
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