Malaysia is an authoritarian capitalist country..

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as is for instance, China. I think that helps explain why we've been getting such random, scattershot, contradictory news and retractions from them, around the missing 777.

I'm not suggesting that Malaysia is "in cahoots" with anyone around this. In fact, I'm confident that's not the case. But I do think that as authortarian capitalist countries do, they were counting upon being able to control and manage the story to their best benefit. But...I also think they probably thought they'd have resolved this one days ago.

That the jet may've turned left or that it's engines may've continued running for longer than assumed, could've been easily wrapped into a "convenient" Malaysian narrative, IF the question had been resolved by now. But since it hasn't? Some egg is starting to appear on the Malaysian authority's faces.

 

[crowfoot]

as is for instance, China. I think that helps explain why we've been getting such random, scattershot, contradictory news and retractions from them, around the missing 777.

I'm not suggesting that Malaysia is "in cahoots" with anyone around this. In fact, I'm confident that's not the case. But I do think that as authortarian capitalist countries do, they were counting upon being able to control and manage the story to their best benefit. But...I also think they probably thought they'd have resolved this one days ago.

That the jet may've turned left or that it's engines may've continued running for longer than assumed, could've been easily wrapped into a "convenient" Malaysian narrative, IF the question had been resolved by now. But since it hasn't? Some egg is starting to appear on the Malaysian authority's faces.

authoritarian socialist countries do the same.

 

[Macabee]

as is for instance, China. I think that helps explain why we've been getting such random, scattershot, contradictory news and retractions from them, around the missing 777.

I'm not suggesting that Malaysia is "in cahoots" with anyone around this. In fact, I'm confident that's not the case. But I do think that as authortarian capitalist countries do, they were counting upon being able to control and manage the story to their best benefit. But...I also think they probably thought they'd have resolved this one days ago.

That the jet may've turned left or that it's engines may've continued running for longer than assumed, could've been easily wrapped into a "convenient" Malaysian narrative, IF the question had been resolved by now. But since it hasn't? Some egg is starting to appear on the Malaysian authority's faces.

Is it the authoritarian?
The capitalist?........OR.....

The MUSLIM aspect of Malaysia that is leading to the obstruction?

Just thought I might help with the obvious that escaped you.

 

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authoritarian socialist countries do the same.

I would be interested in your naming us an "authoritarian socialist" country. I'm not saying there is none, it's just that none comes to my mind.

 

[Macabee]

I would be interested in your naming us an "authoritarian socialist" country. I'm not saying there is none, it's just that none comes to my mind.

Venezuela would easily fit that description.

 

[fairsheet]

Is it the authoritarian?
The capitalist?........OR.....

The MUSLIM aspect of Malaysia that is leading to the obstruction?

Just thought I might help with the obvious that escaped you.

Good question. But...I think Malaysia is a "Muslim country" the same way Saudi Arabia is a "Muslim country". They're Muslim only to the extent their leadership can make use of their "Muslimness".

 

[fairsheet]

Venezuela would easily fit that description.

Perhaps you're right. I guess my only reservation might be that Venezuela isn't necessarily "socialist" just because they say they are. Frankly, I think maybe they're more "nationalist" than anything else.

 

[crowfoot]

I would be interested in your naming us an "authoritarian socialist" country. I'm not saying there is none, it's just that none comes to my mind.

any of the pre soviet collapse east european countries

 

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any of the pre soviet collapse east european countries

Those are poor examples for three reasons. #1 of course, is the fact that they haven't existed for a coupla decades. #2 is that they weren't countries. And #3 is that they weren't in ultimate control of their own "news".

 

[crowfoot]

Those are poor examples for three reasons. #1 of course, is the fact that they haven't existed for a coupla decades. #2 is that they weren't countries. And #3 is that they weren't in ultimate control of their own "news".

yugoslavia wasnt a country? lol. poland wasnt a country? lol. czech wasnt a country? lol hungary wasnt a country? lol

 

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yugoslavia wasnt a country? lol. poland wasnt a country? lol. czech wasnt a country? lol hungary wasnt a country? lol

You lol too soon. What've my #1 and my #3? You should hold off on your lol's until you've resolved those. #1 is important since forms of guvmint/society that no longer exist, aren't especially informative for us EXCEPT to the extent they no longer exist. And #3 is important because nobody thinks those countries, during that era, were in control of their own "news".

 

[crowfoot]

You lol too soon. What've my #1 and my #3? You should hold off on your lol's until you've resolved those. #1 is important since forms of guvmint/society that no longer exist, aren't especially informative for us EXCEPT to the extent they no longer exist. And #3 is important because nobody thinks those countries, during that era, were in control of their own "news".

the facr that they may not exist has nothing to do with my original premise and of course they were.

 

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the facr that they may not exist has nothing to do with my original premise and of course they were.

You've got a tell. Your typing skills degrade when you're befuddled.

 

[crowfoot]

You've got a tell. Your typing skills degrade when you're befuddled.

lol! typical of you. when cornered , change subject! lol

 

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since most chinese "corporations" are owned - in part or whole - by the chinese military, other government bureaus, or chinese government officials, i am suprised to find anyone attempting to define "capitalism" as "government ownership of the means of production". china has partially free markets tightly controlled by the government. no one who actually lives there is confusing this with "capitalism.

you're even more wrong on malaysia. the CIA factbook correctly identifies this as a "constitutional monarchy" where the legal system is a melange of sharia (islamic law) "common law" and "customary law". They recently imprisoned an opposition figure for "sodomy".

regarding malaysias economy, the CIA factbook goes on to define it as "agricultural/export based". their per capita GDP is pretty low - about half that of puerto rico, but still ahead of places like Cuba and Botswana. The Malaysian government says that only 3% of its people live below the poverty line, and nobody is unemployed. For real