Re: non-capitalist development

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lou and Doug, Please be careful.  Thanks.

Louis Proyect wrote:

> Doug:
> >Louis Proyect wrote:
> >
> >>Essentially, this is the same kind of argument being made by defenders of
> >>capitalism in this discussion. They say that things are getting better in
> >>the third world. Look at life expectancy figures. They are better than they
> >>were 100 years ago. Isn't that progress? Why disrupt this march forward
> >>with ill-advised attempts to alter the economic system, which might lead to
> >>Pol Pot or Stalin.
> >
> >Who exactly has made this argument? Not even Brad De Long, really.
>
> I think most PEN-L'ers would agree that this is exactly Brad's argument.
>
> >Someone was once described to me as having a "strategic view of the
> >truth." A very useful phrase, I'd say.
>
> What is the truth? Why do the swallows fly back to Capistrano? Why is the
> sky blue? Why does pee smell funny after you've eaten asparagus?
>
> >I hadn't realized the Latin American population was so politically
> >mobilized. I guess I've fallen out of touch.
>
> Yes, you are out of touch.
>
> Louis Proyect
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