gtaylor@lasspvax.UUCP (Greg Taylor) (04/22/85)
>> > As for elections, I suppose they could be fair but I've yet >> > to hear of Marxist-Leninist success in an election commonly regarded >> > as fair. I guess that EuroCommies don't count here...say, the Italian gov't coalitions of the late 70's with Berlinguer....? Oh, those aren't *real* Marxist-Leninists. Seriously, folks-why do we adhere so rigidly to this kind of monolithic view of *both* the first and second worlds? Seems like most of the net has little trouble accepting the conflicting goals and policies of the free world, but we automatically buy the Reaganista line that the Left is backed by this monolithic thing (parenthetically, the Ruskies are "orthodox" simply by virtue of being "bigger"...as opposed to Tito, Hoxha, Deng, or whomever). It might be more useful/interesting to discuss the long term prospects for the current varieties of the Left. The Brits fume and languish, the Italians bicker. The Yugoslavs and Hungarians are having their own little party, no one invites the Bulgarians out anymore (certainly not if the Pope's around), and it looks like the face of The Force of Evil must reckon with Shi'ite discontents within its own borders. This has got to be a *bit* more intriguig- ing.... -- ________________________________________________________________________________ Once I was young:once I was smart:now I'm living on the edge of my nerves:-Japan Gregory Alan Taylor:162 Clark Hall:Cornell University:Ithaca,NY 14850:USA USENET: {cmcl2,decvax,ihnp4}!cornell!lasspvax!gtaylor ARPANET: gtaylor@lasspvax.arpa BITNET: gtaylor@crnlthry.bitnet ________________________________________________________________________________