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Re: The Limits To Growth



David Lloyd-Jones (dlj@inforamp.net) wrote:
: yuku@io.org (Yuri Kuchinsky) wrote:

: >Oh, yeah, the Confucian philosophy is not oriented towards the state... 

: My point exactly.  It is lunatic to refer to Korea, Singapore,
: Thailand, etc. as "statist" when in all cases the state is extremely
: limited in its ambit. 

Limited... Not! Taiwan and Korea were "statist" in every respect just as
their economic growth was kicking into high gear.

: >This is a perfect example of a post from Dave that has _absolutely
nothing : >of substance_ to say. Mercifully, it's not long... 

: That you confuse a Confucian ethic with European style statism

Confuse... Not! Do you have a ready-made definition of statism? Why is
your definition better than mine? Can _any_ Asian society be defined as
"statist"? If not, why not? Just because dlj says so? Not good enough for
me... 

: is
: indeed a matter of substance. 

Later,

Yuri.

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