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To: TobagoJack who wrote (17114)	4/15/2007 3:25:18 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218544

Who knows the communists were favored by the majority? Because the communists say so. Of course. the usa policies in foreign lands tends to go against the people power and only in favor of its own interest The opposite of the truth. US involvement is normally followed by elected governments - thats where the majority chooses the government ... without a communist party lying about speaking for it.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (17114)	4/16/2007 1:22:57 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218544

Why does a person like you who celebrates HK's freedom defend as righteous and just the Chinese communist victory over the Nationalist government? The Chinese communists robbed the entire Chinese people of ALL their property, ALL their rights, ALL their freedoms of every sort. What can be going on in the head of a professed freedom lover who praises a regime and movement that was the antithesis of freedom? The HK freedom you boast today survived the communist era only because of British imperialism. It was the British who gave HK the legal and economic system you boast of - not Chinese communism. The Chinese communist government has only graciously allowed it to persist in modern times. It certainly wouldn't have done so in Mao's time. Would the HK freedom you boast of exist at all if the cold war of ideas hadn't been won by the side led by America in the cold war? Why did Deng choose to liberalize China? Because he looked at Japan, SK, Taiwan, Singapore, HK and saw them getting rich and powerful while communist nations stagnated in wretched poverty. But if history had gone the way you say it ought to have - if America had stayed out of WWII and Russia had conquered Japan (which its doubtful they could, but you said they would have so lets pretend) and Korea .... and if America exerted no influence on east Asia .... then all freedom in east Asia, including HK's, would have been crushed during Mao's era and Deng would never have had an example of free market success to emulate. HK's freedom would be non-existent today. No gold stocks, no luxury car, no internet to post anti-American sentiments on. Regarding the "what can be going on in the head.." question earlier - whatever you reply you should give some private thought to it. Here are some concepts you might give thought to: Dissonance - lack of agreement, consistency, or harmony; conflict (of ideas and values) Doublethink - not just something Orwell made up for his novel.