Comments on: Ostalgie: The Haunting Fear that Others are Diddling the System Better Than You Are

By: Stefano

Stefano — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:08 +0000

Mr. Booner has all the right to be wrong because of his natural bias towards “free market”.
Most readers from the American Continent tend to suffer from the same “distorted view” problem.

P.S. Michael Moore is a half-decent humourist but fails to grasp the problem. In fact, he doesn’t even attempt to do it. He is part of the smoke and mirrors built in the system.

Wake up USA!

An Italian in Milan

By: Thhe Crash Consultant

Thhe Crash Consultant — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:51:05 +0000

Hi Guys, commentators I mean.

It seems to me you’ve got Corporatism and Capitalism ( Free Markets) all mixed up. You’d make good friends w/ Michael Moore and love his new movie.
Unfortunately he too has things mixed up.
If you care to to know just how, then Google Ron Paul on M. Moore and his film “Capitalism”.
P.S. My guess is that Mr.Bonner read & researched more history then you guys and yr. friends put together.

Have a nice day!

The Crash Consultant

By: Thinkerinabox

Thinkerinabox — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:18:04 +0000

As to readers who care to know the truth about “communism” I sugest you go out there and actually read Karl Marx (the german filosofer…) works and don’t take every silly “opinion” at face value.
Go out and read it and then take your own conclusions. You may find many of the problems he pointed out in the XIX century haven’t been corrected to this day.
You may find out that, despite all the slandering and abuse of his name, he was a pretty reasonable, realistic and humane fellow after all.

Best Regards
Another Western European

By: WesternEuropean

WesternEuropean — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:51:59 +0000

Most americans are so brain-washed with their absurd propaganda they actually believe it.
Communism as an ideal is about sharing wealth created collectively by society, not stolen by the rich from the poor.
The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was a consequence of the division of Germany by the allied powers after WW2.
Spies there where, as I’m sure they exist in the U.S. aplenty. A much less sophisticated propaganda system than in the U.S. existed, again because everyone knew who was in charge (government as oposed to the oligachs from finance and media running the game from backstage).
As for “gulags” in East Germany (or any other Soviet Bloc state after Stalin) you can either be joking or ignorant. I prefer to consider you the former.
Those whom refer to as “guinea pigs” acttually lived there and CAN MAKE A DIRECT COMPARISON between then and now in their own lives.
So to can Americans over forty in their own standard of living after the fall of the “counterweight” Soviets that kept capitalisms extremes in check.
Attempting to compare the corrupt capitalist system we live in, where the rich through speculation get richer and the ones doing the actual production (work you know, building Audis and Louis Vuittons…), and the social liberation attempt that was communism puts you in a very sad place intellectually-wise.
Finally, the Soviet system came crashing down due to pressures from “the free-worl” (free as in capitalit jungle as most people in the east where soon to find), but foremost because Gorbachev (the ad man…) was an western mole who started the destruction work that Krutchev began in the 50’s.
That a country that suffered so much during WW2 and lost 23 MILLION of it’s citizens in the struggle against nazism, and was totally wrecked by 1945 was able to recover so quickly and take to space only a few years later was a remarkable achievement and irrefutable proof that communism can deliver economomicaly and do it with far more justice than whatever form of “capitalism” you care to offer.
That the U.S. was the ONLY country in the world to use TWO atomic devices agaist unnarmed civilians just to try and scare the “commies” is irrefutable proof of it’s despicability from an ethical and moral standpoint.
But then, ever more inhabitants of “the free world” are getting a chance of seeing it’s true collors nowadays.
Bill, go study some History and try to do something usefull for society in form of work, starting by censoring your lack of knowledge (or malice).

Have a nice day

A WESTERN European

By: Lost & Found

Lost & Found — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:09:08 +0000

You shouldn’t be spitting on people you have no realistic idea about AND just for the sake of spitting. But then, it shows you are not as clever as I thought you were.

By: walt

walt — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:03:34 +0000

Where is the Mogambo?