Tuesday, November 23, 2010

like communism only worse...

The kind of spying by private tyrannies (colloquially known as "corporations") on Michael Moore is reminiscent of Communism....
But with communism, everyone had health care...

Footnote:
"Communism" in ordinary American is a term used to refer to the political and economic system which existed in Central and Eastern Europe after World War Two until the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is arguable that it is not accurately described as "communism". For example, some commentators speak of "state capitalism". Moreover, 'communism' in the parlance of students of Marx (and I'm not one!) seems to refer to a hypothetical end-state of human development. It is also worth pointing out that scholars who read and study Marx say that Marx gave no blueprint for the creation of a better society.

With all those qualifications in mind, we might better say:

The sort of repression experienced by Michael Moore as he made "Sicko" and afterwards is similar to the repression endured by citizens of Central and Eastern Europe (e.g., Czechoslovakia) between the end of World War Two and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Insofar as the USA propaganda system teaches that the US system is diametrically opposed to the one formerly present in countries such as Czechoslovakia, it is, to say the least, greatly ironic that the repressive practices of the (so-called) Communists are used by the corporations of the USA.

Reference: See Moore's interview on "Democracy Now."

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