freedom of the press

[Jules Levin]

At 12:11 PM 9/21/00 +1100, you wrote:
>
>Yes, but it is also equally foolish to entertain historical/ideological
>blind spots which make you only 'see' things/people/events/cultures in terms
>of strictly binary oppositions: good and bad, good and evil. It is hard to
>imagine if the prosperity and wealth which the so called free world (the
>'west') boasts so much about, could have been achieved without systematic
>colonial oppression and destruction of indigenous peoples and their
>cultures?
>
>
>Subhash

It has been demonstrated that the colonies were a net economic loss for the
great western powers, who prospered in spite of their colonies, not because of
them.  And these ex-colonies have gone downhill since their liberations to the
extent they have tried to apply the same socialist remedies that ruined
Russia.  Those that are finally applying market solutions are turning around,
India, for example.
Countries that continually blame others for their problems are doomed to wallow
in their own misery, e.g., Russia.

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