On 8/28/12 10:45 PM, David Shemano wrote: > I understand the position that just because what comes after the > revolution could be worse than the pre-revolution status quo does not > mean you should never engage in revolution. But that does not answer my > question, which is what is your evidence that the revolution *_can_* > result in “democratically organized constituent assemblies.” Is there > historical evidence that convinces you it can occur? For example, the > Paris Commune? Or are you limited to the theoretical possibility, like > there is theoretical possibility that Angelina Jolie might leave Brad > Pitt for me? >
Sandinista Nicaragua was extremely democratic. Considering the economic and military pressure put on the country, it was far more free than the U.S. If the U.S. was under the same kind of pressure from a nation 100 times as big both in terms of population and wealth, it would institute a police state immediately. The U.S. government broke laws in order to eliminate what Chomsky called "the threat of a positive example". It was an absolutely obscene assault on a decent society by an absolutely obscene President, with his astrology sessions, his bullshit about filming the liberation of concentration camps, trees causing more pollution than cars, "calling back" nuclear missiles, dyed hair, creepy plastic First Lady, and all the rest of the nightmare that you people genuflect to. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
