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To: TimF who wrote (399)3/28/2008 8:52:10 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 492
 
"But I guess they had some excuse in 1933, many people didn't know who incredibly foolish and destructive communism is back then"

Precisely. And they had an objective case that capitalism has problems.

Now true, this solution would have been worse for them. But that wasn't obvious at the time.

What happened in the Ukraine was deliberate genocide, not a failure of central planning.



To: TimF who wrote (399)3/28/2008 11:48:32 PM
From: average joe  Respond to of 492
 
It worked well for awhile.

en.wikipedia.org

"In case you missed out on Ukraine in the 30s..."

The majority of the people that were voting for socialism in Saskatchewan were Eastern Europeans.

"Aren't you so eager to participate in this high quality bond offer."

en.wikipedia.org

You might be surprised how much wealth was generated by government owned cooperatives now privatised.

bigcharts.marketwatch.com