anyway jay, i'll await your response (as long as that takes).
i actually suspect that we are not far off from one another...if you have built a profile of what you think my political beliefs are, i would be interested to hear what that is.
what i say post here is often done in order to spur the conversation along, not to exemplify my political views. Its true I try to maintain ideals in a less than ideal world. Its true I'm not a big fan of exploitation. It true I believe while humans are doomed to repeat history, i think they can also learn from it. These might be ways we differ, I don't know. I have no doubt you are capable of compassion.
i think one idea where we seem to differ is in unions and their place in a capitalist society. i may be errantly reading that difference into your posts, i don't know. i just don't understand why you appear to be so vehemently against unions as a mechanism within a capitalist society, especially when they played such an important roll in our own country...our own country that is held them up to be an example of a successful capitalist society.
maybe you believe a "developing" people will never have a use of a union? Can you prove this historically? why did our own country "need" them? Are the changes they brought about negative?
of course i have my own opinions (and information or misinformation) about these questions, but I'm very curious about your opinion. i'm also curious as to how these developing countries are going to avoid repeating history.
also, remember to vote.