The BBC online Have Your Say tonight is a classic. A 1950’s classic. The BBC evidently consider it a relevant 21st century question to ask: “Have 20 years of capitalism been good for E Europe?”
The most recommended comment thankfully sets things a bit straight:
“What a typical topic here on HYS. Only the crypto commies and sofa socialists on this site (and apparently the HYS staff who pose these questions) would even come up with such an absurdity as this. Communism appeals only those who have never lived under it. And they cannot get their head around the fact that it’s not economics but human liberty and personal freedom that it cannot ever enable or tolerate. It’s as simple as that. Unless you live in Islington or Berkeley.”
Difficult to put it better than that.
MWL – be careful what you wish for.
Communism happens in stages.
The first lot promote all the ideas, and many seriously believe they are fair and good. Sometimes the ideas need to change with the times, including the language used, but all the ideas are anti the capitalist West. Hence they like the global warming scare. They also like the way the EU weakens the ability of the nation to defend itself, and they like the idea of mass immigration which the EU assists with.
The second lot take over.
The third lot, much keener, come along and kill off the second lot.
The first lot regrets what they did (some of them).
archduke:
..with gas chambers, the vast majority would happily go along with it…
archduke | 07.02.09 – 12:09 am
The sad thing is that as standards fall in Britain, you see more and more people in positions of power and responsibility whom you can easily imagine would be quite happy to work as guards in concentration camps.
MWL.
I’ve noticed you are nothing but a troll have you anything to contribute to this blog other than what your Mullah unzips behind you at the friday mosque.
P.S
How’s your wife with my kids?