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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (223396)3/10/2005 10:48:48 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1573103
 
"That's what they said when I was kid talking about the soviet republics and their move to democracy."

Sigh. You know, everybody that predicted that worked from the angle that they would express their innate desire to be free. As it turned out, the driving factor was the desire for consumer goods. Who would have expected the Pohl and Kornbluth would have gotten it right in the Merchants of Venus?

A truly depressing book. It was meant, I am sure, as satire, but so much hits the mark in the intervening 50+ years.
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