Andre,
I'll comment on your " Report from China" with respect to the USA, although much of what I say applies to other Western nations. The political, economic & educational system in China can all be called "socialist". However, I don't think the political or educational system in the US can be called "capitalist". Even in regard to the economic system, only some parts can be considered "capitalist" & others not. Also there are various economic systems allowed: Amerindian, Amish, communes, etc. As far as the political system goes: half the country believes it is run by corporations/business, the other half believes it is run by labor unions as embodied in the Democratic Party. In a totalitarian system, the totalitarians know they are in power & oppress opposition. In the US each faction thinks the other is in power. That is a very healthy sign. Your main concern is with education. In the US, control of education is usually local. Teachers are hired locally, administrators of school districts are elected locally, textbooks/curricula decided locally, etc. There is also competition between public & private schools. [Andre] > The capitalist system is trying to get everyone's noses pointing the > same way. After all, it is working towards the Good. It's good is a > capitalist dis-harmonious society.... whatever your answers are. . The only interpretation I can give to these three sentences makes them quite false. Craig Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
