Or so we were told.

So how do we spin this one?

My head hurts.

[ 20 April 2007: Message edited by: IgnoramusMaximus ]

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Originally posted by a lonely worker:
Guess we're only supposed to be opposed to "evil" walls and not "freedom" walls.

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My bad. But of course. I did not realise it was a doubleplusgood "freedom" wall.

[ 21 April 2007: Message edited by: Fidel ]

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I'm confused. When the Soviets built the thing last time, it was baaad, inhumane, a dastardly violation of everyone's freedoms and other unalienable rights as well as a symbol of the evil inherent in the godless Communist system.

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Well, this is partly correct. That old wall was definitely a violation of freedom of movement, etc. But it wasn't inherent of anything communist.

Rather, it was an economically stagnant, fiscally conservative state monopoly capitalist model that was more successful in oppressing unions, co-ops and other working class/public interest movements, resulting in lower paid jobs with poorer working conditions, than the equally capitalistic, but much more practically socialist influenced and unionized, Keynesian boosted economies of Western Europe.

Just like anyone else, anywhere else, workers in East Germany saw an opportunity to make better bucks and live somewhat better by working in West Germany, so more and more of them over time packed their bags and moved. It got to the point where the Russian big bosses built the wall to stop them.

The new US wall in Baghdad has nothing to do with relative prosperity, or job opportunities. Rather, its sole purpose is to help with the age-old practice of divide and conquer—the standard tactic of any invading imperialistic force.

It isn’t to mainly stop sects from fighting each other, since despite all the corporate media hype, they aren’t each other’s main target. Rather, it’s mainly to try to stop them from fighting the US occupation forces, which, it appears, have geared up plans to stay there for a very long time.

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Originally posted by IgnoramusMaximus:
I did not realise it was a doubleplusgood "freedom" wall.

I will sleep sooo much better now.

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scott: The The East German government claimed that the Wall was an "anti-fascist protection barrier"

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The Wall is the latest effort to further break Iraqi society apart. Promoting and supporting civil war isn't enough, apparently- Iraqis have generally proven to be more tenacious and tolerant than their mullahs, ayatollahs, and Vichy leaders. It's time for America to physically divide and conquer- like Berlin before the wall came down or Palestine today. This way, they can continue chasing Sunnis out of "Shia areas" and Shia out of "Sunni areas".

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