There is some truth to this, but really it's a gross oversimplification of Eastern European politics. "Reactionary" isn't really a category that applies in a region where "conservative" means "communist."
--- On Tue, 9/15/09, Somebody Somebody <philos_case at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] Conservatism
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> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 12:14 AM
> Yeah, in the United States the
> technocrats are basically the Democratic Party. In this
> respect the situation in the U.S. is similar to what you see
> in Eastern Europe, where party politics basically are
> reduced to neo-liberal technocrats (including ex-communists)
> versus reactionary populists.
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