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<blockquote data-quote="Duncandl" data-source="post: 3525356" data-attributes="member: 4389"><p>If any of you are really interested in how Communism works I encourage you to read, "The Man Who Stayed Behind" by Sidney Rittenberg.</p><p></p><p>I have a copy here at the house if you would like a great read. I worked with a Navy Linguist who spoke Mandarin and after his time in the service he lived in China for a few years because he was curious about life there. This book changed his life and I have to say it opened my eyes into why communism will never work, it's impossible and with free speech it is doomed in the few countries who think it is working. </p><p></p><p>I worked with the young man at OU after I retired from the Navy and had told him about my trip to Shanghai in May of 1989, we pulled into port with Mikhail Gorbachev standing on the pier and after our first night of liberty martial law was declared due to the student uprising taking place. To walk "The Bund" in Shanghai and see nothing but varying shades of gray was something I will never forget.</p><p></p><p>This could be an interesting topic, but I encourage everyone to read the book if you feel like you are in the "know..."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Duncandl, post: 3525356, member: 4389"] If any of you are really interested in how Communism works I encourage you to read, "The Man Who Stayed Behind" by Sidney Rittenberg. I have a copy here at the house if you would like a great read. I worked with a Navy Linguist who spoke Mandarin and after his time in the service he lived in China for a few years because he was curious about life there. This book changed his life and I have to say it opened my eyes into why communism will never work, it's impossible and with free speech it is doomed in the few countries who think it is working. I worked with the young man at OU after I retired from the Navy and had told him about my trip to Shanghai in May of 1989, we pulled into port with Mikhail Gorbachev standing on the pier and after our first night of liberty martial law was declared due to the student uprising taking place. To walk "The Bund" in Shanghai and see nothing but varying shades of gray was something I will never forget. This could be an interesting topic, but I encourage everyone to read the book if you feel like you are in the "know..." [/QUOTE]
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