Re: Re: Re: WWR & mysteries of the organism

[Michael Hoover <hoov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> WW Rostow's view that
> communism is a disease of the take-off. (But he saw some "communist"
> countries as having taken off.)
> Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

Rostow's view was that only "one-stage" difference (in degree, not in
kind) existed between western capitalist & Soviet development at mid-
point of 20th century.  He thought that latter was technologically &
psychologically ready to enter *mass consumption* society but that
political state investment in military & heavy industry would be
obstacle.  Guess some would say fact that SU no longer exists proves
his prediction that *evolution* towards mass consumption could not
be held up indefinitely.      Michael Hoover