The man-god who was deposed by a Communist regime says that “Still I am a Marxist.”
“(Marxism has) moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits,” the Dalai Lama, 74, said.
How insipid. You would have expected something more resembling wisdom. I’d call it sophomoric, but it would be an insult to actual sophomores.
No wonder Richard Gere likes him.
To use Randian (Ayn, not our beloved host) terminology, the “Witch Doctor” meet “Attila.”
I’m all in favor of freeing Tibet (along with the rest of the world) I’ve never understood why the Free Tibet crowd wants to restore this guy to power anyway. Isn’t he a theocrat? And now he’s a Marxist theocrat as well. The Superstition Grand Slam. No doubt Rev. Wright and Jimmy Carter approve. It’s also interesting to me that the Free Tibet crowd often includes many people who don’t seem that enthused about freedom in other locales, including our own.
“(Marxism has) moral ethics. . .”
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“Moral ethics grows from the barrel of a gun.”–Quotations from Chairman Dalai.
Marxism is an insidious teaching. Satanic even. The bible talks about a better world coming where everyone has their own property and thieves (including of the government flavor) will not steal it from you. Marxist instead, use the bible to support their ideology (liberation theology.)
My ex is from Sevastopol, Ukraine (a Russian enclave) and will have her MBA in a few months, yet still believes the Marxist teachings she grew up with.
It’s their myopic view of ‘social justice’ that makes it difficult to educate or enlighten them.
I fired off an angry e-mail to the Dalai Lama over this. I asked him why Tibed should be “freed,” if we’re just going to replace one gang of Marxists with another. I asked him, “If you ruled Tibet, wouldn’t the Tibetans’ property still belong to the State?”
I was surprised that His Holiness sent me a personal e-mail in reply, saying, in effect, yes, under his restored regime, Tibetans’ property would still belong to the State. On the other hand, under his rule, when they die, at the moment of death, Tibetans would experience total spiritual enlightement.
So they’d have that going for them. Which is nice.
Big hitter, the Lama.
That’s a low down dirty shame.
I guess I don’t support a Free Tibet any more, if it means this guys gets to be put in charge. Those ideological Marxists are even more dangerous than the Chinese – who don’t even refer to themselves as a “communist” nation any more, despite the name of their party. There’s probably more freedom in Tibet under the CCP than there would be under the Dalai Lama.
You should see Bill Whittle’s latest on PJTV covering Milton Friedman and the difference between Capitalism and Mercantilism. Well done Bill.
Well, that’s easy for him to say. In his perfect world he would be at the top of the Tibetan food chain. I bet in that world his Tibetan citizens would be unable to discern any difference between the Dalai’s rule and the current Chinese oppression.
While I am grateful that the press enabled me to read about this quotation, I would really love it if the questioner had followed up that comment by asking him how Marxism under the Dalai Lama would be any different than the current Chinese oppression.
At least under Chinese oppression they get to keep their eyes.
Just proves you cannot judge a book by its cover. Even kindly old men can harbor terrible memes.
I think he has fallen into the same old trap they all do; if the right person was in charge it would really work this time.
If you want to hear of real irony, I just tried to send an email to the Dalai Lama via his email address on his website. Yahoo responded by blocking my email from sending any more emails, claiming that I have sent this email to “too many persons”, when only the Dalai Lama’s email address was submitted.
It sounds to me like someone at Yahoo is a bit militant in their devotion to the Dalai Lama.
Free Tibet!
While stocks last.