En relación a [L-I] Is Kostunica setting the stage for a phony , el 24 Oct 00, a las 20:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo: > > The Cool Electric Blackmail Scenario > > As prices of necessities rise, the common people are worried about > electricity, which is used to heat most Yugoslav homes in winter. > Before the coup, prices were kept low by the legal government. > Currently there have been warnings about power shortages "due to the > fact that the Milosevic government kept prices artificially low." Some > Belgrade residents we talked to wonder, "What is an artificially low > price?" and fear that these warnings are being issued to set the stage > for the following scenario: Did not finish reading the posting. Again, the comparison with Peronism and anti-Peronism sets in. "Artificially low" means that prices were not regulated by large foreign monopolies, but rather by a domestic government which tried to provide the service to everyone. "Artificially low" means we are facing an antipopular, reactionary, regime which will try to turn the country into cold ashes in order to comply with whatever orders they receive from abroad. "Artificially low" means prices and wages are not established with the intention to achieve an equilibrium that does not elliminate domestic market (mass consumption market, not luxury market) as the site where capital is realized, but with the intention to reduce the purchasing power of the masses. "Artificially low" prices means, in fact, "people here are earning too much, we need to drive them to misery in order to become a colony". Oh, yes, I know this verse very well. Argentinian public services were also blamed for "artificially low" costs. "Artificial", in these cases, always means "not complying with what imperialists need". Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
