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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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