Monday, 13 June 2011
Communism, Here I Come
The communists have just won the local elections in the Republic of Moldova. So what, some of the Westerners might say. Moldova is such a small country, with next to none chances to join the EU, just two million disoriented people. The trouble is the older generation has managed to pass on its communist nostalgia - nourished by the sort of wild capitalism that has replaced the former regime - to the younger generation. And that hasn't happened only in Moldova. It's also happened in Romania and all the other ex-communist countries. With a deeply dissatisfied younger generation I think the resurrection of communism is just around the corner. With the global crisis which doesn't seem to end, even the EU and the Western World in general are facing the danger. Greece, as part of the EU, is likely to be the first to say hello to communism - not that it would be a first in its history. The bottom line is the filthy rich of the world should move fast if they want to avoid waking up some day and seeing red flags outside their mansions.
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Nostalgia for Communism, eh? I can't say I'm surprised.I thought a couple of decades ago that the the counter-revolutions had come about in Eastern Europe too quickly, and that the countries had been too ready to swallow undiluted Capitalism. In the West, Capitalism has evolved more sensibly and there's been time for some of the roughest edges to be smoothed off. Even so, it still causes problems here when people see it as the panacea for all social ills. Neither the central planning of Communism nor the jungle of Capitalism provides all the answers. We'll grow up and realise that one day, I suppose.
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