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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Liberty and Isolation are not the same things.
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Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 19:22:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 19 19:22:30 1984
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> > The average level of nutrition in China is still marginal, and hasn't
> > improved at all in the last twenty years.
>
> But an incredible amount better than before 1949!  When was the last
> Chinese famine?

You miss the point, Martin.  The departure of the old regime certainly
improved nutritional standards a great deal.  The point is that they are
still relatively poor, and *NOT IMPROVING*.  In the last twenty years,
socialist China has had no success whatsoever in reducing what is clearly
still a serious problem.

> How did the growth of the (socialist) German economy
> compare with Canada's or that of the USA in the 50's, 60's and 70's?
> Which countries are computed to have the highest Quality of Life factor?
> Hint: they aren't in North America.

Silly me, here I always thought West Germany was a capitalist state.
I trust you are talking about West Germany, since East Germany hadn't
performed any economic miracles last I heard.  Certainly the major
factor behind West Germany's economic recovery has been private
enterprise, lightly assisted by the state at times.  If this is socialism,
then I fear the term has lost all meaning.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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