[Marxism] Debunking Third World myths

["Paula" <Paula_cerni@xxxxxxx>]

Louis, what you wrote might be strictly true, but it's hardly a fair 
comparison:

> While it is a fact that some citizens of Mexico City can purchase a
> television today at a Wal-Mart, it is also a fact that their ancestors
> enjoyed a better diet and more leisure time on average five hundred
> years ago.

My guess is that the majority of Mexicans today would not want to go back to 
pre-conquest times, and for very good reasons. For example, a significant 
amount of leisure time in those days went into religious festivals that 
included horrific human sacrifices. Modern forms of leisure such as 
television aren't always very exciting, but they are far more civilized.

Regarding Nestor's view that Argentina, Singapore, South Korea, etc, are 
oppressed Third World semi-colonies - there's no legitimate basis to it, 
since these countries are politically independent and economically 
comparable to European nations. Then again, I have heard some Europeans 
complain that their nations too are oppressed and colonized - a poor excuse 
for anti-American nationalism.

Paula 


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