What the capitalists and their lackeys hated about Soviet Russia was not its tyrannical nature but the fact that there was a whole chunk of the earth’s surface where they were no longer able to operate. Ditto Cuba, for a much smaller chunk.Link. Just in passing, isn't that a pretty good reason of what the Wall Street Journal hates about FNMA?
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Just Sayin': FNMA
Chris Bertram remembers AJP Taylor:
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"What the capitalists and their lackeys hated about Soviet Russia was not its tyrannical nature but the fact that there was a whole chunk of the earth’s surface where they were no longer able to operate. "
Another way to see this is to imagine that the capitalists looked at that whole hunk of the earth's surface and thought here was a potential power that could end/restrict their ability to operate over an even larger hunk of the earth.
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