Carroll,
My original point was that I would prefer elitism to a leveling revolution
where the intelligentsia are killed off.  I did not say that all
revolutionary regimes do this, though I should have written "revolutions
that..." instead of "revolutions which..."

But I will take you up on your point about the relationship of revolutionary
regimes and high literacy rates. Do you regard a literacy campaign as
"successful" in countries where there is no free press?  Please list for me
the revolutionary regimes of the 20th c. where both a high degree of
literacy AND a free press have obtained.

Tim


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From: "Carrol Cox" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: "Mass ought to be in Latin . . . Greek, or Chinese"


> Tim Romano wrote:
>
> >  or
> > revolutions which kill off anyone who can read.
>
> Come. Come. Without exception, *all* the successful literacy
> cammpaigns of the 20th century have been the activity of revolutionary
> regimes. Vietnam, Cuba, USSR, China, Nicaragua. Back in the '50s and
> '60s "North" Vietnam devoted considerable sources to providing
> alphabets for languages in Vietnam which had none so that literacy
> campaigns could be launched among those people. Cuba has the
> highest literacy rate in Latin America.
>
> Carrol
>
>