But it is dying out, except in a few sordid little dictatorships like Cuba, N Korea and Viet Nam. In Russia and China its been replaced by an equally ugly form of capitalism, one we managed to outgrow about a century ago, even though the New Right seems determined to resurrect it.

But that's the point, isn't it? Just because you refuse to buy into the Sound Tank's agenda doesn't mean you want to live in Viet Nam, or betray your country. That's the "my way or the highway" I'm always talking about. And those, like Sound Tank, who force you to choose either one or the other are just as bad as the communists, or those crazy medieval tribesmen and religious fanatics who fly airliners into our office buildings.

I have a family that suffered terribly under Cuban Communism. I am under no illusions about it. I volunteered to go in the Navy not because I felt heroic and wanted to fight, but because I felt no moral or political objection to fighting if that was where my duty sent me.
Much later, after my discharge,I came to object to the pointlessness and futility of that war, and to the purity of our motives, not because I had any sympathy for our enemies. Country Joe Macdonald also volunteered for and served honorably in, the US Navy, FWIW.

I think you'll do all right, Jody. I just hope I explained myself well. I abhor fulfilling someone's agenda too, even if its one I happen to agree with. Especially when they insult my intelligence by trying to manipulate me by pushing my emotional and moral buttons.

Thanks for making me hip to Sound Tank. I'll keep an eye open for them in the future. And I'd also like to know where they get their funding.