wsn@csf.colorado.edu; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:21:31 +1000
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:22:49 +1000
From: Thomas Griffiths <edtgg@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
Subject: Re: New web site on democracy, democide, and war
To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
Not long ago there was some discussion on the wsn about anti-communist
propaganda. The website on 'democide' is of interest as an example of this
propaganda, but not much else. 
'Freedom', it explains, brings economic prosperity, since freedom means
private entrepreneurship without government interference. Democratic
Freedom is of course capitalist liberal democracy, the right to vote every
two years or so... If you have any doubts there are colourful graphs and
statistics empirically proving the superiority of capitalist freedom over
communist demagoguery... Glad I've cleared that up.

Tom Griffiths.

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