tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post4689373674224357680..comments2023-10-06T01:45:50.515-07:00Comments on Above The Borderline: Are The Times A Changin'?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post-48886665612949440642009-11-02T11:06:35.789-08:002009-11-02T11:06:35.789-08:00RK, a little of the history of thought never hurt ...RK, a little of the history of thought never hurt anyone. Those who forget the past are doomed to get suckered into similar situations down the road...or something like that.Sunny Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post-76868292759423487552009-10-30T18:28:52.950-07:002009-10-30T18:28:52.950-07:00Sunny,
Honestly. Quoting Mao Tse-tung? You’re...Sunny,<br /><br /> Honestly. Quoting Mao Tse-tung? You’re starting to sound like some air-head Obama administration official.<br /><br /> The fact is that Mao was a megalomaniacal mass murder with perhaps no historical peer. The “hard work” he alludes to includes the starvation/elimination/death of some 30 million peasants during his brainchild “Great Leap Forward.” Quite some leader and philosopher you’re quoting there.<br /><br /> Interestingly enough, Mao’s vision of a “strong and prosperous China” has been realized only recently, since the Chinese leadership cast off the collectivist/socialist/totalitarian path that Mao saddled the country with some 60 years ago, and opened the country to free market capitalism. This Chinese perestroika has at last enabled hard working Chinese to realize the fruits of their labor, to employ millions in profitable and meaningful labor, compete internationally, and raise the standard of living from what was heretofore a subsistence level under Communism to something on par with other rapidly developing nations.<br /><br /> Mao’s “Little Red Book” belongs in the political horror section of the library, along with such works as “The Prince,” “The Communist Manifesto,” “Mien Kamph.”Roadkillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707416011632959777noreply@blogger.com