Re: Demo....cracy, Demo....crazy and the PSAT

How does such confused capitalist apologia wind up on a scholarly
listserv? Yuck. 

Andy

On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Pat Gunning wrote:

>countries like South Korea, Taiwan, The Philippines, and India. These
>countries were not themselves bombed but they were the beneficiaries of
>bombing. Today they have vibrant democracies.

>the defense umbrella that the U.S. and allies established after WWII
>did, in fact, enable not only democracy but economies to develop. In
>spite of the bombings, the last 50+ years have been a relatively
>peaceful time in the history of the world. Because of the peace, both
>economic and political development have proceeded rapidly in many
>places.