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Publius — 6/13/2004 9:46:19 PM (archived)

but where you read black, I read white.

One more time. The Soviet Union was a Conservative government. The operative identifiers of conservatism are, and always have been, ascribed status and religious conformity.

In the totalatarian state the government is all and encompasses and envelopes all. Hence, Soviet communism became a religion endorsed, controlled and promoted by the state. Ergo, religious conformity.

The totalitarian state determined, controlled and promoted its peoples position in the society, party, and government. Hence, ascibed status.

Again, ascribed status + religious conformity= a conservative gov.

Iran is another conservative government.

Algeria is another.

Do you understand? Stop trying to massage language to make invalid points.

Publius

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Gorbachev - We all lost the Cold War, particularly the USA and the USSR. - Bowser - 6/12/2004 3:49:39 AM
- Loosing it would have been an all out nuclear war. - REB - 6/14/2004 2:16:38 PM
- The losses are incalculable - S - 6/14/2004 3:58:43 AM
- Losers always call for a tie. - ebnelson - 6/13/2004 3:40:20 AM
- collapse of C.C.C.P........................ - Publius - 6/12/2004 12:29:32 PM
  - re: collapse of C.C.C.P........................ - Alan G. Archer - 6/12/2004 4:56:40 PM
    - collapse of C.C.C.P........................ - Publius - 6/13/2004 9:18:55 PM
- Some more comment on this - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 5:41:55 AM
  - Hey, when I look and see........ - Publius - 6/13/2004 9:24:06 PM
- Gorby is absolutely right - Buck Galaxy - 6/12/2004 5:07:34 AM
  - should say "never happened" (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/12/2004 8:04:40 AM
- "We contend that the strategy of deterrence prolonged the Cold War and helped to extend the life of communism in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union"--- How so? (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 4:25:16 AM
  - Oh, that's easy. - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 4:49:54 AM
    - 24 used @ $4.13 (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 5:04:35 AM
      - Must be getting late--that one slid past me. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 5:21:36 AM
        
        NOT WORTH MUCH (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 5:30:21 AM
        
        Value of "We all lost the Cold War" at Amazon. (Was it that obscure?) (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 5:27:58 AM
        
        LOL...you, my friend, are truly a man of the Internet age... (n/t) - McFly - 6/14/2004 2:52:18 PM
    - 24 used @ $4.13 (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 5:04:07 AM
- That has got to be the biggest pantload I've heard all week. - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 4:14:10 AM
  - We both read the same book, by day and by night....... - Publius - 6/13/2004 9:46:19 PM
  - Didn't say "tie". Said everyone lost. Which is true. - Bowser - 6/12/2004 5:53:25 PM
    - Central players - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 9:34:15 PM

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