Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 08:42:18 +0000
From: David Welch <welch-AT-mcmail.com>
Subject: Re: M-G: To List


Don't you think it in the least strange that in a country where large
numbers of workers had been led and educated by communists for several
decades that there wasn't even a token attempt to defend the gains of
socialism. The only demonstrations were in favour of greater
*bourgeoisie* democracy. China wasn't invaded and even if large sections
of the party hierachy had become bourgeoisie influenced one would have
expected some sort of response from class conscious workers. 

David Welch

On Wed, May 13, 1998 at 04:28:03AM +0200, Rolf Martens wrote:
> David W. wrote:
> 
> >I note you still have told me how the country our Great Leader actually
> >ran managed to end up in its present state.
> 
> A misconception Dave: One person did *not* "run" China
> which had and has hundreds of millions inhabitants.
> 
> Secondly: the bourgeoisie in the world still did have
> considerable strength, in the mid/late 1970s; it still
> had some resources relative to the Chinse people and
> other people. Therefore, it - temporarily - won out
> in China, jast as it had done in the Soviet Union before.
> 
> One of the reasons of course was stupid thinking (in-
> cluding the asking of stupid questions) by some people
> who perhaps, despite this, were for progress.
> 
> Rolf M.
> 
> 
> 
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