From: "commie00" <commie00-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: AUT: Is the ruling class pushing Cuba towards market capitalism?
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 00:20:04 -0500


> Hi, commie00.

hey louis

> Haven't you been promoted to 01 yet?

nah, cheif commisar and chairman of the board castro says that if i work
real hard i might get up to 00.5 someday soon...

i think he's jealous because my beard's better... but, shhh, don't tell him
i said so...

> By the way, do you
> pronounce your name "Commie-Zero-Zero" or "Commie-Oh-Oh". Chuck "Oh"
> Munson got really made at me when I called him zero.

oh, you know, whichever... as long as you buy me dinner first.

> It would help if you knew something about the social reality of Cuba.

but you know, its so confusing, because you say the social reality of cuba
is one thing, the "c"p there says its another, and the communists and
anarchists there say its another... who, oh who am i to believe. save me
louis! lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

> Marx spent countless hours in the London library studying the history
> of how England's bourgeoisie emerged (see chapters 26-32 of V. 1 of
> Capital).

oh, so that's what i've missed the several times i've read capital... doh!

> Why go through all this trouble if you prefer tautologies:
>
> 1. Under communism, there are no classes.
>
> 2. There is no communism in Cuba, therefore there is a ruling class.

well, how about,

2. since there is a ruling class in cuba, there is no communism...

you know, i mean, since that would be part of my actual argument...

> We have never really had a discussion nor a debate, as far as I can
> remember.

oh, we had a few rounds... i remember them foundly. if only you did...

> Mostly, you seem content to tell people that you are a true
> communist.

oop. that's right. i forgot.

> Only I know your secret, that you manage a Starbucks when
> you are not posting here.

yeah, but you only know that since you're my regional manager. oops, i mean,
comissar.



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