[Marxism] Debunking Third World myths

[S. Artesian]

Perhaps Paula more important than the 2 billion spent to get the US out of 
Kyrgyzstan, is the 150-200 billion lost [latest report in the WSJ says 200 
billion] defending the ruble, bailing out banks and oligarchs, and in 
capital flight.  Since the subject was/is human development indicatiors and 
progress of lack thereoff, the economics of this loss seem a trifle bit more 
representative of the ongoing dynamics than a foreign policy coup.

As for the other item-- oh, I see, we use So Korea, Chile, Kuwait, Taiwan, 
Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, to help define what we mean by 3rd 
world, thus "balancing" off Africa, and voila! everybody's catching up, and 
everything's getting better.

That's some doctor, you got there.  Wasn't it Mark Twain who wrote: "There 
are lies, damned lines... and then there are statistics."?

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