"Communism was intended as a political-economic system which would liberate oppressed workers in industrialized western countries. It never took root in the intended environment and instead spread to undeveloped agrarian coun ... read full comment
"Communism was intended as a political-economic system which would liberate oppressed workers in industrialized western countries. It never took root in the intended environment and instead spread to undeveloped agrarian countries, the largest being Russia and China. Instead of liberating workers, the ideology was co-opted and used as a stepping stone to power by dictators who became the new oppressors. I wonder if Marx and Engels envisioned their system being used by Stalin or Mao to starve, massacre and imprison tens of millions of their own citizens."
GORGORDUTOR 10 years ago
DIAGNOSIS: ACUTE SOCIOPOLITICAL DEMENTIA WITH ATTENDANT SYMPTOMS AND MALADIES AS FOLLOWS: CHRONIC PSYCHOPATHIC LOGORRHEA, SOCIOPATHIC MENDACITY, CHRONIC HALFBAKED PROPAGANDA REGURGITATION, ACUTE AD HOMINEM INSULTITIS, CHRONIC ... read full comment
DIAGNOSIS: ACUTE SOCIOPOLITICAL DEMENTIA WITH ATTENDANT SYMPTOMS AND MALADIES AS FOLLOWS: CHRONIC PSYCHOPATHIC LOGORRHEA, SOCIOPATHIC MENDACITY, CHRONIC HALFBAKED PROPAGANDA REGURGITATION, ACUTE AD HOMINEM INSULTITIS, CHRONIC MISANTHROPIC POLITICAL VILIFICATION, PERSISTENT HISTORICAL FALSIFICATION, NON-RATIONALIS ABSOLUTITIS, & ARGUMENTAE NUL-COGENTA PROGNOSIS: PATIENT AND BEDFELLOWS (koa, pbk, drsas et al) DISPLAY THIRD STAGE OF THE SYNDROME ENTRY INTO FOURTH AND TERMINAL STAGE INEVITABLE!! TREATMENT PROTOCOL: PAIN RELIEF, SINCE PATIENTS ARE POLITICAL ZOMBIES!!!
francis kwarteng 10 years ago
Dear Readers,
This is the first part of my rejoinder to Baidoo's series on Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal.
I specifically wrote to the editor of Ghanaweb that this is the first article I have written to critiqu ... read full comment
Dear Readers,
This is the first part of my rejoinder to Baidoo's series on Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal.
I specifically wrote to the editor of Ghanaweb that this is the first article I have written to critique Baidoo's article, but he did otherwise.
I can only hope this is unintended. I am having a problem having my most recent rebuttals to Baidoo's articles published by Ghanaweb. This is just my the way.
Thanks.
Amanfo 10 years ago
Dear Mr Mahmoud, if Nkrumah was a communist dictator as you have headlined but, succeeded in integrating and uniting the country and her people, what will you say of your darling capitalist who plunges countries into wars and ... read full comment
Dear Mr Mahmoud, if Nkrumah was a communist dictator as you have headlined but, succeeded in integrating and uniting the country and her people, what will you say of your darling capitalist who plunges countries into wars and destabilized their people for their greed and unbridled love for wicked profit? Thank you
JATO KWASHIVI RAWLINGS 10 years ago
MORE OF SOCIALIST DOGMA, WHICH IN PRACTICE DOES NOT FEED THE HUNGRY, EDUCATE THE MASSES, NOR HEAL THE SICK.
MORE OF SOCIALIST DOGMA, WHICH IN PRACTICE DOES NOT FEED THE HUNGRY, EDUCATE THE MASSES, NOR HEAL THE SICK.
Prof Lungu 10 years ago
Read: "...Perhaps a more general reason is that economics is an inexact science".
WE SAY: Safe to say a fair amount is contrived to go with politics, ideology, and inklings of leadership, etc.
THEN THE FINALE: "...A lai ... read full comment
Read: "...Perhaps a more general reason is that economics is an inexact science".
WE SAY: Safe to say a fair amount is contrived to go with politics, ideology, and inklings of leadership, etc.
THEN THE FINALE: "...A laissez-faire marketer President Hoover, a Republican, turned a glowing American economy into a depression...a Keynesian President Roosevelt, a Democrat...fix(ed)...the mess...the deregulation policies of the Bush and Reagan administrations, both Republican, contributed to the 2008 housing bubble. The American people voted a Keynesian President Obama, a Democrat, to fix the mess...Well, the Bush administration even came in and squandered the surplus the Clinton administration left it!"
WE SAY: Brilliant!
Nice finale!
Prof Lungu 10 years ago
Phillip Kobena Baidoo the Philosopher and War Theoretician Speaks Honey-Manna Style!
READ BAIDOO FROM THE OTHER SIDE: "...It is clear that war was part of the human condition to the extent that a philosopher devoted his ... read full comment
Phillip Kobena Baidoo the Philosopher and War Theoretician Speaks Honey-Manna Style!
READ BAIDOO FROM THE OTHER SIDE: "...It is clear that war was part of the human condition to the extent that a philosopher devoted his thought processes, energy and time to write a thesis on the subject...which to me is much more important to the wellbeing of humanity than a treatise on war. ...(F)or any academic to associate wars with capitalism is as ignorant as a new born baby..."
THEN THIS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF BAIDOO'S MOUTH, ON YET ANOTHER SIDE OF GHANAWEB:
BAIDOO: "...It is the statist, the communist, the Nazi and the fascist who resort to violence – war – because they cannot produce what they need. This is not a figment of my imagination..."
WE SAY: Well it fits like a "figment"! Quacks like a duck, fits like a duck!
ITEM: The Feudal Lords, the Mercantilists, even Christopher Columbus when he set off on the seas and "discovered" America, were on capitalist missions/enterprises.
It is all elementary. It should not confuse anyone with a high school degree who has with a modicum of reflection, critical thinking skills, and respect for their forebears and history!
By the way, is it science that says "...a new born baby...(is)...Ignorant...", or is it all another Manna story?
AAH EGYA BUNU BIOM GWAO MORLEH.
"Communism was intended as a political-economic system which would liberate oppressed workers in industrialized western countries. It never took root in the intended environment and instead spread to undeveloped agrarian coun ...
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DIAGNOSIS: ACUTE SOCIOPOLITICAL DEMENTIA WITH ATTENDANT SYMPTOMS AND MALADIES AS FOLLOWS: CHRONIC PSYCHOPATHIC LOGORRHEA, SOCIOPATHIC MENDACITY, CHRONIC HALFBAKED PROPAGANDA REGURGITATION, ACUTE AD HOMINEM INSULTITIS, CHRONIC ...
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Dear Readers,
This is the first part of my rejoinder to Baidoo's series on Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal.
I specifically wrote to the editor of Ghanaweb that this is the first article I have written to critiqu ...
read full comment
Dear Mr Mahmoud, if Nkrumah was a communist dictator as you have headlined but, succeeded in integrating and uniting the country and her people, what will you say of your darling capitalist who plunges countries into wars and ...
read full comment
MORE OF SOCIALIST DOGMA, WHICH IN PRACTICE DOES NOT FEED THE HUNGRY, EDUCATE THE MASSES, NOR HEAL THE SICK.
Read: "...Perhaps a more general reason is that economics is an inexact science".
WE SAY: Safe to say a fair amount is contrived to go with politics, ideology, and inklings of leadership, etc.
THEN THE FINALE: "...A lai ...
read full comment
Phillip Kobena Baidoo the Philosopher and War Theoretician Speaks Honey-Manna Style!
READ BAIDOO FROM THE OTHER SIDE: "...It is clear that war was part of the human condition to the extent that a philosopher devoted his ...
read full comment