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To: Still Rolling who wrote (21609)	4/19/2010 2:25:04 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49990

Interesting! While I agree that Russians are typically a hardier people, I also think that even us soft Americans can toughen up if need be. Those that sit around and complain might have to change their habits a bit. <G> I dunno, but I'd guess that a sudden collapse of gov't might be the wrong time to try to plant a garden? I'm reminded of the old saw, "if you're starving, do you eat your seed?" It seems to me the first year would be really tough. How did the Russians keep any sort of economy going? I know that many common soldiers went unpaid for months at a time, and I'd guess there were many desertions. Somehow, they must have been able to distribute food and gas/diesel? If it were here in the US, would it be like the North Korean model, where the military gets what it needs, and the rest of the population fights over the leftovers? Or more along the Russian model you describe, where the populations in the cities get most of what's available and the outlying regions fend for themselves?