oscar111
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Fri Feb-04-05 05:01 AM
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China LW? India? Get me up to speed on current reality |
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Edited on Fri Feb-04-05 05:04 AM by oscar111
Please help this ignorant peasant quickly learn ----
Is China LW or RW? Is it LW with RW elements? What is the ratio? What is longterm dominant .. RW or LW?
Ditto, India. Post here said "gov guarantees a job for EVERYONE for at least a fourth of the year". Sounds LW. But is it?
Please, no time for links to long articles. Just want only your 'executive summary" for me.. in your words, half a screen at most.
Crush the sad LW culture of longwindedness. LOL.
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Fri Feb-04-05 06:28 AM
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in the sense that it is concerned with chinese nationalism. with elements in the military being more nationalistic than those in the communist party. communism in theory might be left wing -- but when practised by corrupt individuals -- it becomes a means to line ones own pockets and cronyism.
just my take -- i also never viewed the old ussr as anything but a means to an end for a few individuals.
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Fri Feb-04-05 07:13 AM
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2. thanks! good answer. PS what does ur handle mean, |
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and what is that pic ? A military service ribbon? a flag?
ps handle is the "name" u use here. Like, mine is oscar
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Tue Feb-08-05 11:17 PM
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3. India is a liberal democracy |
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political parties with left, center or right leanings go to the electorate for votes. whichever party gets the majority vote in elections every 5 years gets to determine policy. sometimes, no one party gets a majority and a coalition is cobbled together. between 1999-2004, the right wing BJP ruled with its allies. the allies themselves were not right wing, more centrist. this prevented the BJP from pushing its agenda - like pushing indian muslims into a corner and legally defining india as a "hindu nation." in the 2004 elections, they were defeated by the centrist Congress and its Left Wing allies - Communist Party of India. They now rule the country, and policies depict their manifestoes.
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