tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post8505446414941620750..comments2023-11-05T03:12:10.925-06:00Comments on Renegade Eye: Is Misery Afghanistan’s Destiny?Frank Partisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-2151585980372611512010-09-22T20:07:43.490-05:002010-09-22T20:07:43.490-05:00Why are these reactionaries always going on about ...Why are these reactionaries always going on about Cuba?<br /><br /> Sure, it would occur to Beak to compare it to a populous European state but normals realize that Cuba has achieved goals that haven't been achieved in the Caribbean region.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-11701788874055848472010-09-21T15:52:29.077-05:002010-09-21T15:52:29.077-05:00Marx never even considered poor countries as Cuba,...Marx never even considered poor countries as Cuba, to be socialist. As history tells us, Lenin and Trotsky knew the Soviet Union would fail, if Germany didn't have a revolution.<br /><br />Cuba is a transitional state, neither capitalist or socialist. It's a nationalized economy, with a Bonapartist government.<br /><br />Socialism isn't only about economy. It is also about democracy.<br /><br />A capitalist Cuba, means dismantling the healthcare and educational system.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-41191841891406749582010-09-21T14:12:00.209-05:002010-09-21T14:12:00.209-05:00Not sure what 'you guys' means and while w...Not sure what 'you guys' means and while we're on the topic of huge generalisations, it is not feasible, with any basic knowledge of political history, to bandy about the idea of socialism when...<br /><br />a) the person in question is not sure what socialism is and b) the huge raft of nations where it has been practiced, with varying degrees of success, are dismissed out of hand as a matter of principle.<br /><br />Blinkered thinking serves none of us well.Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-10624867461827911712010-09-21T14:07:10.075-05:002010-09-21T14:07:10.075-05:00Pagan: Beakerkin believes if Cuba was capitalist, ...Pagan: Beakerkin believes if Cuba was capitalist, it would have productivity equal to modern Spain. Its just a small tropical island.<br /><br />Where is the capitalist class?Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1833428185642694072010-09-21T13:26:27.448-05:002010-09-21T13:26:27.448-05:00Socialism has never worked anywhere its been tried...Socialism has never worked anywhere its been tried. When it is tried, it does so awful you guys can't admit it was socialism.SecondComingOfBasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336586430250490679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-33533117511455549772010-09-19T16:52:20.652-05:002010-09-19T16:52:20.652-05:00Daniel H-G: Revolution in Iran would help here.
T...Daniel H-G: Revolution in Iran would help here.<br /><br />There is secular groups in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Most honestly it has no characteristic of even a half way functioning state.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-57194037953828274042010-09-19T11:19:01.192-05:002010-09-19T11:19:01.192-05:00It's a bit quiet round here in't it Ren?
...It's a bit quiet round here in't it Ren?<br /><br />My feeling is that misery will continue to play a large part in the modern history of that nation; solutions are thin on the ground, esp. workable ones.Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.com