Re: Re: Re: Re: Economic revolutions

[Dennis Robert Redmond <dredmond@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Louis Proyect wrote:

> the fact remains that every
> one of these uprisings in Eastern Europe have left the people worse off. In
> Yugoslavia, ten years ago, the Serbs decided to choose another road. Now
> imperialism has made them "cry uncle".

Whence this fetishism of Eastern European state-party father-figures? Per
capita GDP in Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic is higher now than
in 1989, and many of these economies are growing pretty fast. Unemployment
is much higher, yes, but military spending is way down, and some of the
worst environmental problems are finally starting to be addressed, with
the help of EU money. And now you can criticize the Gov't without
not-so-secret police stuffing batons down your throat.

Fidel led a revolution; Milosevic led a privatization.

-- Dennis