tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post1037053595353996135..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: The Dalai Lama: Dumb and dumberUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-86676882721554459812008-03-23T22:59:00.000-04:002008-03-23T22:59:00.000-04:00And so, the dispute promises to be a real yawner.....And so, the dispute promises to be a real yawner...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-5188511842042666332008-03-22T16:53:00.000-04:002008-03-22T16:53:00.000-04:00"As for the failure of the Marxist regimes, first ..."As for the failure of the Marxist regimes, first of all I do not consider the former USSR, or China, or even Vietnam, to have been true Marxist regimes, for they were far more concerned with their narrow national interests than with the Workers' International; this is why there were conflicts, for example, between China and the USSR, or between China and Vietnam. If those three regimes had truly been based upon Marxist principles, those conflicts would never have occurred." <BR/>In part, the cause of these conflicts among Marxist states is collectivism. The workers of the world could never and can never unit under Communism because of its fundamentally collectivist nature, which divides men between proletarian workers and bourgeois "exploiters." From there, communist proceed to divide men by a host of other collective categories, including nationality.Joseph Kellardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05792444138935346026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-29946844789076472602008-03-19T18:27:00.000-04:002008-03-19T18:27:00.000-04:00You’re more correct then you know, While I certain...You’re more correct then you know, <BR/><BR/>While I certainly won’t defend China’s actions concerning Tibet, Some things have to be made clear; Tibet was not a wonderful place before China came in. <BR/><BR/>The Dali system was a brutal theocracy, which retained power through torture, religious dogma, and slavery. <BR/><BR/> “Freeing” Tibet just means replacing one form of oppression with another.Ryan Algerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935706509322424178noreply@blogger.com