On Oct 2, 2009, at 9:09 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> Doug asks:
>
> " Has there ever been a left regime anywhere that you find
> admirable, even
> in part?"
>
> Carroll I bolded the part of the question that "stunned" me (though
> I do
> apologize for the hyperbole). And Doug, there are many triumphs of
> European
> Social Democracy that I can appreciate, even of the welfare state
> elsewhere,
> the October Revolution, even a few of the gains of the Cuban
> Revolution. I
> just think it's absurd to say that Chavez isn't an important part of
> the
> world capitalist economy. It is also a shame that people don't
> recognize
> that portions of the bourgeoisie have benefited enormously from
> Chavez's
> reign.
I pretty much know where you're coming from - it's Eric Beck I was asking the question of.
But how can anyone not be part of the world capitalist economy these days? Should Venezuela stop selling oil?