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Vietnam was conceived as a Wilsonian venture. However wrong yesterday's hawks were in many respects, they were right that communism spelled ruin and misery for the peoples of Southeast Asia...
Despite their penchant for satire, mostSoviets would deny that there's anything funny atall about communism. After all, the putatively"classless society" in practice means equality ofpoverty. It also means an obscene level of wealthfor the political elite, who enjoy summerdachas on the Crimea and special lanes onthe highways for their sleek Volga limosines whilethe rest of the population is holed away in huge,ghastly impersonal building complexes, one or tworooms to a family...
Which direction the Soviet Union willtake--towards Stalinist reaction or moreincentives, more freedom and more democracy--is anunanswered question. He and we can only hope.Because there's nothing funny, or even practical,about communism. Nothing...
...including a 200% annual inflation rate and an increase in unemployment from almost nothing to more than 1 million of the nation's 18 million workers. In their frustration, many sought scapegoats for their plight: former Communists, Jews and even the leaders of Solidarity who wrenched Poland away from communism...
...government backed off: the increase was halved, and officials agreed to consult with unions and other parties on price hikes. Similar protests have erupted in Bulgaria, where electricity is rationed as much as 12 hours a day and store shelves are barer than they were before the collapse of communism. There are even long lines for candles. Two weeks ago, the government announced a 100-day crash program aimed at reviving the crippled economy; the scheme includes some price liberalization and partial convertibility of the lev. Last week the government survived a no- confidence vote while 50,000 people demonstrated...