Agreed. The world is worse off without a 'challenge' to the current system. The Soviets, for all their faults, at least kept the system in check. The amount of

Agreed. The world is worse off without a 'challenge' to the current system. The Soviets, for all their faults, at least kept the system in check. The amount of propaganda in the West against communism, socialism, etc until the 90s leaves no doubt that the establishment considered it a valid threat. Eye of the Tiger. No different than Time Warner or Comcast the moment Google Fiber comes to town. Shame that neither the PROC nor the EU has been able to take up the slack caused by the fall of the USSR.