[Marxism] Wherever you go, there you are

[Jay Andrew Allen]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Walter Lippmann <walterlx at earthlink.net>wrote:

> We usually tend to find exactly what we're looking for whenever we
> go someplace. It's a completely normal human trait. Some think that
> everything is bad in China, others have a more nuanced outlook to it.
>
> Some here can ONLY say negative things about China while others - I'm
> thinking here of myself - can see the good and the bad in the country
> to whose defense I have dedicated my political work: Cuba
>

So educate us. What things are the Chinese doing that are good, and in line
with Marxist principles?

All I see in this email are stories about helpful Chinese volunteers and
Chinese officials saying good things about Cuba. That's nice, but tells us
nothing about whether China is on a predominantly Communist or predominantly
state-capitalist development track.

-J-

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Jay Andrew Allen
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"In any case, the revolution will be drowned in the ballot boxes - which is
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