Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-milrat!brener From: brener@milrat.DEC Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re:SOVIET UNCIVILIZATION\ Message-ID: <3390@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 13:48:29 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3390 Posted: Thu Aug 16 13:48:29 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 01:15:58 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 17 IF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WERE THE CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE THAT A SOCIETY IS UNCIVILIZED AND UNACCEPTABLE FOR COMMERCIAL TRADE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO WITHDRAW OUR INVESTMENTS FROM SUCH STERLING DEMOCRACIES AS GUATEMALA, CHILE, SOUTH AFRICA, EL SALVADOR, URUGUAY, THAILAND, SOUTH KOREA , ZAIRE AND THE PHIL- LIPPINES JUST TO NAME A FEW. THESE COUNTRIES PROVIDE AN ALMOST UNLIMITED SOURCE OF CHEAP LABOR, RAW MATERIALS, AND LAND FOR PROFITABLE EXPORT CROP (AT THE EXPENSE OF SUBSISTENCE CROP). THE ECONOMIES ARE DESIGNED FOR SKEWED DISTRIBUTION TO MILITARILY BACKED ELITES THAT HAVE THE REPRESSIVE TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT AUSTERITY PROGRAMS AT THE "REQUEST" OF VARIOUS MONETARY LENDING ORGANIZATIONS DESIGNED TO PUT THEM PERMANENTLY IN DEBT (SOCIAL PROGRESS IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE). CONSEQUENTLY, THESE GOVERNMENTS MAINTAIN THEIR POWER BASE THROUGH THE HIGH LEVEL OF FEAR THEY MAINTAIN IN THE POPULATION. THOSE THAT BRING UP ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THOSE COUNTRIES ARE TYPICALLY BRANDED COMMUNISTS AND ARE MET WITH INCARCERATION, TORTURE AND/OR MUTILATION. THAT THEY ARE NOT DEMOCRACIES IS NOT IMPORTANT, THAT THEY ARE PROFITABLE IS. STEVEN BRENER