How the Transnational Billionaire Class Won the War in Vietnam
After dropping bombs to destroy Vietnam, the billionaire class then moved in to oppress its working class.
Please listen to my friend, Gloria Guillo, give a terrific monologue about the Vietnam War at the beginning of this great radio program.
Gloria mentions briefly elite golf courses in Vietnam now. I posted earlier about one here.
Another key purpose of wars such as the Vietnam war is to control the have-nots with wars against bogeyman enemies, which I discuss in great detail here.
I traveled in Vietnam on a tour about 10 years ago, expecting the Vietnamese people to harbor justifiably ill feelings towards Americans in general. Surprisingly that was not the case. Our youngish guide was from the north. We discussed the war and I related my involvement with the Anti-war movement, which he thanked me for. At the same time, though, he said that the young people in Vietnam today no longer have the class consciousness they had in the 60’s and instead are reminiscent of the youth of the West today. Furthermore, he felt, at least, that the people in the southern part of the country still regard those from the north (including himself) with resentment for the role they played during the war and after. If I remember correctly, immediately after the end of the American war in Vietnam, the Vietnamese became engaged in a war with China that lasted a few years and was a very difficult period for them. Like all wars, it is not a simple story.
Makes sense. Yes, then they adopted thatcherism and reaganomics (Milton Friedman)... I remember quite well! During this fateful period, I was thrown to the streets, at least two times.