The Milovan Djilas of our generation

Sep 15, 2010 20:08

Back in 1957, Yugoslav Communist Milovan Djilas wrote a scorching indictment of the Communist system, The New Class
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darksumomo September 16 2010, 05:14:06 UTC
As a resident of metro Detroit married to a Chicago native, I can tell you that I'd rather have Chicago's problems, including the Daley Machine, than what we have here right now.

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wombat_socho September 16 2010, 12:24:35 UTC
As Chicago is, Detroit was. As Detroit is, Chicago will be. You read it here first. Dave Bing is moving in the right direction, but without some radical changes to the way Michigan is governed, I don't see the manufacturing coming back from the South. I also don't see the Machine holding Chicago together in its present form much longer; Daley refusing to run for re-election as mayor is a signal that the same old racket won't work any more.

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