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2003-12-29 Fifth Column

Trotskyâs idea clearly similar to forced democracy upon Muslim World

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Posted by tipper 2003-12-29 6:58:58 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interesting twist on the impossing democracy at the point of a gun. Its true, but the gun is pointed at the autocrats, not the populace. Apologists for terrorists and Islam just won't allow themselves to see that.

Posted by ruprecht 2003-12-29 10:21:10 PM|| 2003-12-29 10:21:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Am I the only one that finds it funny that Butler hitches his wagon to Trotsky's, who was Jewish?

Posted by Raj 2003-12-29 10:27:12 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-12-29 10:27:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Plus, this guy's a real idiot. It was Joseph Schumpter who coined the term 'creative destruction' which described a dynamic capitalism in which the introduction of new technologies, by necessity and design, destroy old ways of doing things. The microprocessor replaces the drawing board; JIT inventory replacing huge warehouses and the telegraph replacing the Pony Express are a few things I remember and are mentioned in the link (3 minute read, tops). Any MBA student could give a five minute lecture on this subject, which might explain why this guy got that point very wrong.

He quotes Adams with the tone "Yankee, go home."

Too bad no one's going to read this; my first insightful, non wiseass post in eons...

Posted by Raj 2003-12-29 10:40:18 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-12-29 10:40:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I read it Raj.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-30 8:20:54 AM|| 2003-12-30 8:20:54 AM|| Front Page Top

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