tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354591394765306254.post2261467971761993539..comments2022-12-11T01:32:04.557+13:00Comments on Around the World in Flightless Ways: BerlinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354591394765306254.post-45872596892842406412010-11-11T06:13:39.713+13:002010-11-11T06:13:39.713+13:00Simon I sent you an email about Saturday, ie how t...Simon I sent you an email about Saturday, ie how to get to us from Harwich - did you receive it?James Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200860773221870979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354591394765306254.post-89286192221388875832010-11-09T17:49:33.742+13:002010-11-09T17:49:33.742+13:00I tend to agree with James-had they managed a stro...I tend to agree with James-had they managed a strong economy under the communist system, the people would have been relatively happy, and would not have had to be repressed.But no body has worked out how to have a strong economy whilst at the same time preventing private profit driven individual enterprise. I'm a bit rusty on my Marx, but remember thinking when I reas some of it that he clearly did not understand human nature and the urge to "do well" as an individual, as opposed to as a society.Jinxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06656560462128196706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354591394765306254.post-52724931453945502262010-11-09T12:00:00.669+13:002010-11-09T12:00:00.669+13:00Err, no as you say everyone kept trying to leave, ...Err, no as you say everyone kept trying to leave, and would have succeeded had the system not been so repressive, so therefore the repression was an inseparable part of communism.<br /><br />What is succeeding, at least in economic terms, is China's blend of capitalism with Communism. They have cheerfully designated the free market a 'great socialist experiment' without any apparent irony. But by keeping the repressive gvt they are able to keep wages very low and the currency artificially low as well, thus preserving great trade advantages.James Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200860773221870979noreply@blogger.com