tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post3997166569361452278..comments2023-10-06T10:10:06.982-04:00Comments on La Russophobe: Communism, not its Reform, Caused Russia's PainLa Russophobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-46486455146806428682007-06-24T18:12:00.000-04:002007-06-24T18:12:00.000-04:00What exactly were the Soviet accomplishments? Ther...What exactly were the Soviet accomplishments? There is a reason why Gorbachev started to reform the system: it could not compete or even keep up with the advances made in the West. He hoped to save the system by reforming it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-55364535281132720482007-06-23T17:21:00.000-04:002007-06-23T17:21:00.000-04:00This is Hector,Russian is right. This whole "blame...This is Hector,<BR/><BR/>Russian is right. This whole "blame Communism for Russia's misery" is sinply another pathetic way of trying to give capitalism an image of a heavenly paradise on earth. Russia's current misery is because of capitalism. It is because of the Yeltsin-Putin regime which sold 70 plus years of Soviet achievements to the imperialists. This moron Barnett obviously doesn't know Communism from his sister's tits. Socialism was a menace? hmm, Compare the living situation of Russians during the USSR and the living situation of Russians under capitalism, then tell me which is the real menace. It is capitalism.<BR/><BR/>HAIL THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-19351770794232778772007-06-23T09:44:00.000-04:002007-06-23T09:44:00.000-04:00What is often forgotten is the fact that Yeltsin h...What is often forgotten is the fact that Yeltsin had to cope with oil prices that had collapsed. Let us not forget that the oil was selling at less than $10 a barrel throughout most of Yetsin's reign. Nobody could predict when oil prices would recover. <BR/><BR/>Putin has had the good fortune of seeing oil prices rise to over $60 a barrel and this windfall allowed "Putin the Savior" much more flexibility. For example, he can pay the pensions, no matter how meager, because of the oil and gas windfall. However, most economists acknowledge that relying on oil and gas revenues can be as much a curse as a blessing: in the case of Russia, oil and gas production will stagnate unless massive investments are made into producing new oil and gas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-65319832188133508222007-06-23T07:00:00.000-04:002007-06-23T07:00:00.000-04:00RUSSIAN:If Yeltsin was so bad, why did Russians ag...RUSSIAN:<BR/><BR/>If Yeltsin was so bad, why did Russians agree to elect his hand-picked successor, who they had never heard about before Yeltsin found him, as their second president?<BR/><BR/>Is Russia a nation of morons? If so, then you're hardly in any position to lecture anyone about being an "airhead" now are you?La Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-63649997322574258982007-06-23T01:13:00.000-04:002007-06-23T01:13:00.000-04:00The airheaded author of the publication is just tr...The airheaded author of the publication is just trying to look smart when blaming communism for what was done by Yeltsyn clique. <BR/><BR/>Post-communist reforms could be democratic and fair like they were in the Czech republic. The population there gots their fair shares. Both the state and the people are better of.<BR/> Reforms could be done smart, under the government's full control, like in China (same like Russia background but even lower pre-reform start level) and to succeed. China as a nation got stronger and her population got better off too.<BR/> Or they were done in stupid, with no control at all, way, in predatory manner, so that the population gots robbed and the nation's assets grabbed by a relatively small group of thugs. In the result the nation got weaker and the people impoverished.<BR/>That was what happened in Yeltsyn's Russia. And only the advent of "Putin the Savior" has made it possible to turn the reforms to serve the national interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com