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   devil to alohacyberian   
   Re: 60 Minutes   
   16 Jan 04 23:57:20   
   
   XPost: rec.travel.air, alt.travel   
   From: devil@attglobal.net   
      
   On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 04:23:50 +0000, alohacyberian wrote:   
      
   > "devil"  wrote in message   
   > news:pan.2004.01.15.14.58.44.969737@attglobal.net...   
   >> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:57:29 +0000, Dick Locke wrote:   
   >> > On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:59:57 GMT, devil  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >>Unbridled capitalism at that.   
   >> >   
   >> > Easy, easy, not yet. Chinese citizens don't have guaranteed property   
   >> > rights to business property yet. Only foreigners do. Go figure.   
   >>   
   >> Still, unbridled capitalism in action...   
   >>   
   > Unbridled, unschmidled. You're off your rocker or abysmally ignorant. The   
   > number of people engaged in capitalism in Communist China is less than one   
   > tenth of one percent. And other than party aparatchiks and their relatives,   
   > anyone else who would attempt to begin a capitalistic enterprise would   
   > suddenly find himself dead or in prison.   
      
   You think "aparatchiks," their relatives and the assorted corruption do   
   not provide us with a wonderful example of capitalism at work?   
      
   Look at these beautiful Russian capitalists who have done wondefully in   
   recent years.  not pray tell us, where do you think they started their   
   career?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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