tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post896132579343843275..comments2024-03-10T06:07:53.511-07:00Comments on Crazy in Suburbia: The variety of our lives: a Commie, a Nazi, and a Warsaw ghetto survivor, right here in Walnut CreekMartha Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-33187701058105280722012-09-02T11:27:40.309-07:002012-09-02T11:27:40.309-07:00This will not work as a matter of fact, that is wh...This will not work as a matter of fact, that is what I believe.Idahttp://www.burbankca.gov/redirect.aspx?url=http://sexshop.sexshoptienda.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-60844504616044820852010-03-13T23:01:03.536-08:002010-03-13T23:01:03.536-08:00Greg,
I've found more weird people in WC. It&...Greg, <br />I've found more weird people in WC. It's absolutely wonderful! And thanks for reading...Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-30777498927634902822010-03-10T15:49:27.557-08:002010-03-10T15:49:27.557-08:00I recently visited some old WC-based friends with ...I recently visited some old WC-based friends with my Danville-bred wife (we live in Berkeley). She said after we left, "I had no idea WC was so WEIRD." <br /><br />It is a town with it's pockets of weirdness. <br /><br />PS -- I became the first fan of C.I.S. on Facebook a couple days ago. So, YAY.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547766582911955996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-73714059824438312882010-01-29T22:51:57.616-08:002010-01-29T22:51:57.616-08:00re: 3:04 PM
a lot of history's civil rights h...re: 3:04 PM<br /><br />a lot of history's civil rights heroes were socialists and communists, or at least sympathizers. for example, bayard rustin who was a mentor to martin luther king jr. was a communist and later a socialist.<br /><br />how could someone not celebrate lester rodney and others who fought against segregation?<br /><br />and lester left the communist party years ago. i MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710141004660041580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-37688004486788275722010-01-27T15:04:22.760-08:002010-01-27T15:04:22.760-08:00After all these years and the way the 20th century...After all these years and the way the 20th century ultimately unfolded, how anyone could celebrate Les Rodney and the Americans Communists is beyond me. Diversity of opinion is great, but these people were both naïve, delusional, and dangerous, celebrating a regime that caused more death and destruction than anyone in history, including the Nazis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-91859493000256019132010-01-26T09:34:04.089-08:002010-01-26T09:34:04.089-08:00LOVE this discussion and debate about communism, s...LOVE this discussion and debate about communism, socialism, capitalism. What a fun, smart, historically informed group! I'm so honored to have you all posting here.Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-76034259394319158092010-01-25T20:52:08.251-08:002010-01-25T20:52:08.251-08:00And still, no one has named one socialist or commu...And still, no one has named one socialist or communist society that was successful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-77766793249435363522010-01-25T20:48:22.950-08:002010-01-25T20:48:22.950-08:00The United States, for all its faults, has the bes...The United States, for all its faults, has the best system going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-80628245482907285612010-01-25T19:22:42.610-08:002010-01-25T19:22:42.610-08:00Anon 3:19 I don't think that is the point. Of ...Anon 3:19 I don't think that is the point. Of course everybody posting here would prefer the US over the countries you listed here. But just because somebody prefers the US system over some repressed other system doesn't mean that the US system could not be improved.<br /><br />... and maybe sitting for the SAT choosing a college and having a career might not necessarily represent the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-49126946192607308762010-01-25T15:19:18.640-08:002010-01-25T15:19:18.640-08:00Yes, how could anyone possibly favorably compare l...Yes, how could anyone possibly favorably compare life in the U.S. to life in China, the USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, or North Korea? Those are all virtual workers paradises, right?<br /><br />Who wouldn't love re-education camps, secret police, thought crimes, starvation, emigration restriction (to keep the laborers in country, you know), censorship (can'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-3769868588468569292010-01-25T14:29:02.494-08:002010-01-25T14:29:02.494-08:00It would be fascinating to read or listen to oral ...It would be fascinating to read or listen to oral histories by members of the Rossmoor community. What stories they must have! Is there already some activity or ongoing program in the works where they share their stories with a larger audience? I could see that being a win-win for everyone on both sides of the exchange.<br /><br />On another note, about the Rossmoor member who used to be a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-28556700846089421822010-01-25T13:49:24.236-08:002010-01-25T13:49:24.236-08:00The question was: Could someone please name one so...The question was: Could someone please name one socialist or communist society that was successful?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-47110310396406900892010-01-25T13:23:58.301-08:002010-01-25T13:23:58.301-08:00Uh, I don't think most people want to live in ...Uh, I don't think most people want to live in a Kibbutzim or a Monastary and Convent.<br /><br />Personally, I prefer capitalist Walnut Creek. I like to work hard and make money. I also like to invest money in the stock market and earn more money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-84400742887877416132010-01-25T12:18:22.153-08:002010-01-25T12:18:22.153-08:00re: 8:31
just because something doesnt exist isnt ...re: 8:31<br />just because something doesnt exist isnt a reason to not strive for it.<br /><br />i dont think you can point to a modern society where different ethnic groups live side by side and racism doesnt exist. that doesnt mean that we should not strive for the elimination of racism.<br /><br />that's not to say that you can't have other reasons for prefering capitalism to socialismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-33726030015271549352010-01-25T12:07:02.661-08:002010-01-25T12:07:02.661-08:00Anon 8:52 How about Kibbutzim or Monastaries and C...Anon 8:52 How about Kibbutzim or Monastaries and Convents?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-17822047571398018882010-01-25T08:31:18.387-08:002010-01-25T08:31:18.387-08:00Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland are capitalist co...Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland are capitalist countries with strong socialist leanings, which means a very high cost of living (and oddly some very high suicide rates...what's up with that?). <br /><br />I am asking for an example of a modern (not hunter-gatherer) successful fully socialist/communist society. One where the state controls the means of production, engages in central Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-37200842236755264682010-01-25T07:50:32.551-08:002010-01-25T07:50:32.551-08:00Would you consider current Norway, Sweden, Denmark...Would you consider current Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland as a successful society?<br />They are often described as Socialist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-5635787252006321212010-01-25T07:40:09.275-08:002010-01-25T07:40:09.275-08:00"By successful I mean one where the people di..."By successful I mean one where the people did not starve ...?"<br /><br />Last week the director of the Contra Costa/Solano Food bank announced that they had feed over 105,000 people last month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-25783027763656241502010-01-24T22:15:55.617-08:002010-01-24T22:15:55.617-08:00re: anon 8:52
Ask any anthropologist and they wil...re: anon 8:52<br /><br />Ask any anthropologist and they will be able to give you a long list of hunter/gatherer societies which were basically socialist or communist.<br /><br />Also, just thought it worth pointing out that the United States has plenty of hungry people and a really large number of the population imprisoned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-10763694888568721232010-01-24T20:52:57.459-08:002010-01-24T20:52:57.459-08:00Could someone please name one socialist or communi...Could someone please name one socialist or communist society that was successful? By successful I mean one where the people did not starve and where the masses did not have to be kept in line with the political dogma by being imprisoned, tortured, and killed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-28477339229112132662010-01-24T13:46:14.091-08:002010-01-24T13:46:14.091-08:00The Leftist contingent, while small, is not as dea...The Leftist contingent, while small, is not as dead as you make it out to be :) While we profess no admiration for Stalin, we don't settle for the same old corporatist politics and economic setup that America and the West is feeding us.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05628558219877551895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-38264760312024601732010-01-24T12:47:18.515-08:002010-01-24T12:47:18.515-08:00As I told Gilbert, I love hearing about Les and hi...As I told Gilbert, I love hearing about Les and his work with The Daily Worker. I have this personal fascination with that time in history, pre-World War I to the 1930s, when people who were idealists and progressive flirted with communism, socialism, or anarchy. It was "cool." That flirtation bit them in the butt in the 1950s, during the red scare. Also, their adoration with Stalin Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-27084821023339063922010-01-24T12:41:30.212-08:002010-01-24T12:41:30.212-08:00Great tale.
By the way, it's naive to think th...Great tale.<br />By the way, it's naive to think that living in a suburb is synonymous with conventional -- ever has been or ever will be. There's really no such thing as "conventional" in the details of lives, regardless of where one lives. What's the "convention?" Says who? This is more of a social or political term used for profiling and maybe marketing; it saysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com