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To: THE ANT who wrote (54874)	9/12/2009 9:26:03 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Respond to of 218083

in some sense we of the thread and much of si, see the lies for what they are, and are trying to benefit from same by playing a game differently so as to survive the game, and outlive the lies si is a nice tool

To: THE ANT who wrote (54874)	9/13/2009 8:02:32 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218083

Once you see the lies, then you become unstoppable. A tiny few see them. You see. You tell people. They don't see. They refuse to see. And only way out is to see the lies for what they are: lies. 1983 I left Brazil not to return to work there. Fopr 8 and a half years I hid myself from the Debt Crisis. Thus Lost decade did not happen for me. Let go eat some nice Bacalhau with Vinho Verde, with pudim as dessert and come back here make nice German coffee. Then we will continue this weekend lesson on poverty. next Emerging Middle Class and social mobility

To: THE ANT who wrote (54874)	9/13/2009 2:14:50 PM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218083

The other return to natural size: USSR. Scarcity is better managed by the state. Distribution via state makes sense if there is too much people wanting something and too les to distribute. If one country has plenty, then the state do not need to interfere. Communism made sense as the fruits of labor were scarce. Thus equalization via state mechanisms was good. That is the theory. Man is a hogger by his own nature. Thus once the production increased instead of distributing it in a equal way, the state used the surplus for its own goals. MIGs, tanks, space race and making a nice living for the ones in power and connected to it. Two things conspired against communism: They did not have price mechanism to value goods and services. They did not reinvest the surplus in modernization and the system collapsed.