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To: Jacalyn Deaner who wrote (4353)4/18/1999 12:55:00 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) of 17770
 
<<John - what will happen is the radicals will take over and they will not hesitate to let NATO and the west get recipricol treatment. They have had 10 years of capitalism drilled into them that has completely failed and the country will mobilize around the extreme that give them a mission and belief. The majority of the country is already united in belief against the west and are being whipped up into a frenzy>>

I wouldn't call what is practiced in Russia capitalism, Jacalyn. The state still controls major industries, the state subsidizes favored major corporations owned by friends of politicians while making it virtually impossible for small business to operate. What this "capitalism" has produced in Russia is a speculator elite with huge offshore banking accounts who dine in opulance with their bureaucrat friends that would have shamed the Czar . This isnt capitalism it is cronyism and statism no different than what was practiced in the USSR, only now the doors have been opened for a few more to eat off the plate of the misery of the Russian people.

People see this, they see the US and Europe backing this and feeding money to these crooks. This will be how we "lose" Russia. The Russian people, no doubt, see this as a plot to destroy their country. IMHO, its just sheer stupidity on the West's part for backing ridiculous "reform" plans that arent reforms at all! Its a mess to be sure.
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