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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DT: [QB] I agree with you Baloo, which is one of the many reasons Stalinism is NOT Marxism. There's a reason we call it the Social Equality Party. EQUALITY is a key theme. Depriving the people of the right to vote is a critical flaw in Stalnism, and denies equality. All must be able to vote, and moreover, have an EQUAL vote. Trotsky, in 1925, wanted to give the vote to the people (keep in mind, Russians had never had a vote, due to the Tsarists). His basic theory was that the revolution was safe. There was no longer a need for the dictatorship of the proletariat. Democracy, and thus equality, had to come into being in Soviet Russia. Stalin, fearful of what this could mean to his beuracracy and his own power, denied Trotsky's request. Democracy itself is not inheritently perfect, either. The Nazis were elected to power. Slavery would not have been voted out in the south. One of the lessons I learnt from Julius Caesar, and incorporate into my mindset when portraying Marc Antony, is that skilled oration can mislead the people. Let us briefly consider Josef Goebbels. Dr. Joseph Paul Goebbells was the Reich Minister of Education and Enlightenment, or, propaganda. He was responsible for "enlightening" the people, into whatever Hitler wanted them to believe. He practiced the Big Lie Theory 1) Tell a lie often 2) Tell a lie strongly 3) Keep it protected from scrutiny If those three critera were met, Goebbels believed, then the lie would work. History has proven him right. Hearstian techniques are used even now. How many people knew before April that there was a conflict in Serbia? How many know that the KLA is executing an equally brutally war against Serbs, Romas and Gypsies even as we speak? Americans were told that genocide was being carried out in Kosovo. Americans believed it. Americans didn't know that, all told, less than 3,000 Kosovan Albanians died. If they did, if CBS or CNN came out with daily coverage of the war from the Serbian soldier POV, or if the New York Times carried editorials opposed to the war, or if ABC had reported EXTENSIVELY on the terrorist background of the KLA and on the true nature of the Kosovan conflict, would Americans been as gung-ho to carry out the war? Likewise, if Americans knew the plight of the Kurdish people, that they're the victims of a policy by Turkey that would make Slobodan Milosevic look like Mickey Mouse, would there be an outcry to stop sending the Turks arms? But you don't see that on NBC, and Meet the Press never focuses on the PKK. What does all this mean? Essentially, I advocate republicanism (representative democracy) as it is the best form of government. Yet, it is incompatible in the shadow of business, and it is worthless without STRONG education and freedom of speech. Only when people are exposed to many different views can they come to a decision. As I'm fond of saying, I respect a man more if he comes to a wrong decision after reasoning on it than if he comes to that same decision because he is told to. (hmm, any ideas what Nirvana song I Should tap for my siggy?) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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