About Havel

He isn't overly popular here in the Czech Republic, but outside the country people are throwing around his name for things like UN Secretary General and first lieutenant to Jesus. I like the guy, though. Check out this post from Paul Smith on Havels views: "And that was Havel's biggest criticism of communism - that it forced the citizenry to compromise their moral worth, their dignity, in return for petty rewards, creating a nation of men with no personalities and no true concept of self. Havel recognized this tragedy for what it was, and he would certainly recognize that much of the world's population still lives under such conditions." Good Stuff. Furthermore check out the Carnival of Capitalists. I really like intellectual capitalism. None of that ham-fisted post-soviet gulag capitalism. I'm talking competitive, non-government influenced creative destruction. Hell yeah.