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What, then, would a Polish pessimist predict? About what is expected by gloomy counterparts in Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the other Soviet satellites that broke free of communism in 1989. Standards of living will drop so low and for so long that the populace may rebel, not just against capitalism and free- market economics but against democracy as well. Possible result: the accession to power of "the man on the horse" -- a dictator...
Still, there is no question that the slump in production and the rise in prices and joblessness are breeding dangerous discontent. In Czechoslovakia "almost half the population is dissatisfied and nonsupportive of economic reform," says Marek Boguszak, president of a Prague opinion-research firm. "The hardship is almost at the crucial point where it could turn to aggressive opposition to reform...
...Community has said it will start considering new members before the end of 1992. Whom? Poland, Czechoslovakia or maybe Hungary? And when this happens, should Turkey be left out under such conditions? We became an associate member in 1963. I say we should be a full member, and soon. To become a member is a way of forcing ourselves to develop, because in order to join, we must reach the level of Western countries. That is our dream. We will be part of the universal world community with universal standards for all our people. And once we achieve these universal...
...course, if the Chinese students had read their Foucault, they would have known that repression is inscribed in all language, their own included, and so they could have saved themselves the trouble of facing the tanks in Tiananmen Square. But did Vaclav Havel and his fellow playwrights free Czechoslovakia by quoting Derrida or Lyotard on the inscrutability of texts? Assuredly not: they did it by placing their faith in the transforming power of thought -- by putting their shoulders to the immense wheel of the word. The world changes more deeply, widely, thrillingly than at any moment since 1917, perhaps since...
Jezek told The Times last week that hesuspected HC&C, the largest of the investmentgroups in Czechoslovakia, was buying up largequantities of government coupons in order toresell them to the public at a profit...