Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: why the ussr crashed

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ken Hanly wrote:

> Surely that does not mean that we cannot learn from the system. Saying
> that it is dead, dead,
> dead, is perhaps expressing a hope that nothing like it will arise from
> the ashes.

Of course we can learn from it, but this obsessing about ancient
conflicts is intellectually deadening. It's like we're living in the
past. This debate has been going on with virtually the same content
for what, 50, 75 years? The Soviet model can never be reconstructed;
what help is this going forward?

Doug