The intellectual origins of America-Bashing

[Terrance]

Mike Weaver wrote:
> 
> > > After the collapse of the Communist systems and the thorough exposure of
> > >most of its catastrophic failures and crimes, it is difficult to imagine
> > >how so many talented, dedicated men and women remained and apparently still
> > >remain  loyal to the point of extreme sacrifice to a system that
> > >perpetuated such massive fraud and suffering.
> >
> >Many of those you speak of remained loyal because the extreme sacrifice was
> >that of others.
> 
> Since the first phrase could just as well be replaced with 'After so many
> years of Capitalist exploitation...' what is in question is the willingness
> to adhere to the possibility of improved systems, not one or the other.
> 
> Some of us remain loyal to the possibilities of bringing into being an
> economically and socially just system of human social organisation along
> the lines of
> "from each according to their abilities and to each according to their
> needs" - we are socialists.
> Others prefer
> "to each according to their abilities and from each according to their
> needs" - they are capitalists.

And the excluded middle? Do they have a place in your black and red
world? Reads like a Rand novel and I doubt it's gonna make you rich.
Although I kinda like the setting--the tiny corner of the globe hwere
the cold war hasn't ended and Mike sits reading a a little pink book
that isn't a best seller but is available to anyone who cares.