Now, if the communist China, Cuba and North Korea are 2nd world countries
and the "right-wing" dictatorships in Africa are 3rd world countries,

Does that mean that left is better than right? ;-)

Michael


On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:17:24 -0500, Brice Yokem <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>NO.  I didn't say that second world and communism mean the same thing.
>China, North Korea and though not mentioned Vietnam and Cuba have never
>been considered second world countries.  The Soviet Bloc countries
>though woefully deficient compared to first world neighbors (Western
>Europe), were light years ahead of the Asian communist countries.
>
>Mike Berkowitz
>
>----------------------
>
>I consider them to be the same, with cosmetic differences only.
>
>I consider the asian communist countries to actually be better in
>some respects than the USSR bloc.
>
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