RE: [microsound] McCapitalism

[Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Christopher Sorg wrote:

> > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, anechoic wrote:
> >
> > > and from a very rigid capitalist viewpoint I might add...it
> > isn't until you
> > > hit college that you get to read anything by Marx/Hegel/etc and
> > learn that
> > > there are other systems of gov't that aren't exported McCapitalism
> >
> > Yeah, and it isn't until you live under those other systems that you learn
> > that they don't work. :-)
> >
> > Andrei
>
> ...and it isn't until you make remarks like the above that people realize
> you never read a word of Marx.

First of all, I studied the "Communist Manifesto" in college. At the same
time I'm not gonna pretend that I really remember anything. Probably
blocked it out on purpose (see next paragraph).

Second, I experienced what a system based on his theories (or at least one
that is supposed to be based on them) feels like, having lived under
communism for 11 years. And believe me it wasn't a pleasant experience.

I think the problem with communism is that human nature doesn't agree
with it. From what I've seen it seems even more inviting to corruption
than capitalism.

This habit of people who live in the West to sympathize with communism
strikes me as the epitome of idealistic liberalism.
Look at the world around you ! Show me a place where communism worked ?
What more proof do you need ? You think cuz it might sound good to you on
paper that it'll somehow work in the real world ? There are many theories
which sound good on paper.

Andrei