--- Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > > > Mark Englehart writes: > > >I have to disagree. In Teckla, Verra tells Vlad that the books the > > >revolutionaries were working from came from Earth and were > > not appropriate > > >for Dragaera, at least not yet. That means that communism > > and socialism at > > >least have not been seen in a Teckla Republic. > > > > To which Joshua Kronengold replies > > Er...no, it means it isn't time for a Teckla Republic yet. > > Not the right part of the cycle. What else would it mean? > > > > I agree with Mark on this one. My impression from Verra was not "this is > the > wrong era for this" , it was "this literature is inappropriate to this > world > and culture because things don't work that way here". I almost agree with you and Mark. My impression was, "Marx and Engels have proved that feudalism leads through a dialectic process to capitalism, eventually industrial capitalism, which in turn leads to a socialist revolution and the dictatorship of the proletariat. Dragaera is still too feudal and not capitalistic or industrial enough to be ready for socialism." Here I'm attempting a Marxist point of view, which I assume is Steven's but isn't mine. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail