This Is Not a Parody
Sure, we all complain about China not being communist enough, but former Vermont NEA organizer Ellen David-Freeman decided to do something about it.
Read her heartwarming tale of trying to “help mitigate the negative effects of the global market economy model espoused by Gov. James Douglas and the Vermont business leaders who recently concluded a joint prospecting trip to China.”
Commisserate with her as she “notes ruefully that most of the students say they have little use for the Marxist worldview that she regards as essential to understanding history and politics.”
Learn as she explains that “China does not conform to many Americans’ depiction of it as a monolithically repressive and exploitative state. ‘Sure, there are sweatshops’ and strict limitations on individual freedom, David-Friedman concedes. But there’s much more to China than that, she adds.”
And finally, be inspired: “But maybe, in some small measure, these Vermont Progressives can help put the world’s largest country back on the track toward socialism.”
June 28th, 2007 at 10:21
I wonder when the reenacters are going to get in on this?
I can just see groups of aging lefties coming together to wear their Mao suits and wave the little red book to recall the glory days. Back when they had some relevance on the world stage and people took them seriously.
The possibilities really are exciting.
For instance, with some artful props they could set up their own little Kolima gold mine and pretend to work the enemies of the state to death. How about the Katyn forest? They could take turns pretending to be Polish officers and pretending to shoot each other in the head to pitch forward into a mass grave. Of course, there’ll always be some practical joker doing “Trotsky” by walking around with a prop axe in his head.