tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post5565626536824901269..comments2023-10-06T10:10:06.982-04:00Comments on La Russophobe: Commissars of the Internet: Part I, Installment 1La Russophobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-79723081809627081812007-02-20T10:00:00.000-05:002007-02-20T10:00:00.000-05:00I don't mean to hold these up as an excuse, just t...I don't mean to hold these up as an excuse, just to point out some of the reasons people are embracing a return to the good (bad) old days.<BR/><BR/>In many post-Soviet states (not the Baltics or Eastern Europe), some people are successfully making this transition. But most people seem to either be caught off-guard (and yearning for the old order) or busily trying to extort money from the few people who are succeeding. This second group seems to embrace the new/old totalitarianism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-75086354971737465742007-02-19T21:06:00.000-05:002007-02-19T21:06:00.000-05:00"abject poverty they did not know before"Are you s..."abject poverty they did not know before"<BR/><BR/>Are you suggesting that Russians are poorer now or never had poverty in their past?<BR/><BR/>..."and the frightening prospect of having to make decisions."<BR/><BR/>The Russian sheeple had better hurry in making decisions because otherwise Putin is making all of them. Other post-Communist countries got off of their knees and empowered themselves. Sorry, but, I'm not sympathetic to that excuse.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179466916477423331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-28774955430069403142007-02-19T18:15:00.000-05:002007-02-19T18:15:00.000-05:00It seems like "average" Russians are very bitter a...It seems like "average" Russians are very bitter about the experience with democracy which has left them with super rich new Russians, abject poverty they did not know before, and the frightening prospect of having to make decisions.<BR/><BR/>Does this make them hostile toward the liberal intelligenstsia who are viewed as complicit with Western Democracy?<BR/><BR/>Couple this with the rock-star aura surrounding Vova and it makes a fertile ground for nationalism (neo or otherwise)Mamukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16034843429465914821noreply@blogger.com