I'm being clever. Stalin's comment refered to Poland.
I meant that applying an economic system designed for modernization of rural societies to an urban, industrialised one is a bad idea.
--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Andy <andy274 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] planned economy [was: Hamid Dabashi on Iran]
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 4:26 PM
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:44 PM,
> Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> > A socialist Germany is like putting a saddle on a
> horse...
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> Didn't they practically invent the modern welfare state?
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> --
> Andy
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