From: Michael Hoover <hoov-AT-freenet.tlh.fl.us> Subject: Re: M-I: state capitalism Date: Mon, 16 Jun 97 14:40:51 18000 > as Paul Sweezy has said, post-revolutionary societies did attempt to > implement some of the ideas which are integral to socialism...but > they never did suceed in achieving those goals beyond a rudimetnary > stage...and then what has to be always remembered is that these > changes took place under extremely adverse conditions...Michael I ran out of time before finishing above message...short addendum follows: a friend of mine who spent 2 weeks in Vietnam last month reports that sole proprietor street-vending was everywhere in the cities he visited...also that "possessive-individual" corruption runs rampant among bureaucrats and mid-level to higher level party members to secure local franchising rights for foreign company production facilities...lastly, he told me that the Internet is a big issue...he is able to send and receive e-mail from a few authorized people...but no use of Web...the official line is that the government wants to prevent access to porno-graphics (no erotica.com?)...Michael --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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