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I never cease to be surprised at the propensity for pedantry on HN about the irrelevant, which is to say that nothing you've said has anything to do with my poi
by cletus 10y ago
I never cease to be surprised at the propensity for pedantry on HN about the irrelevant, which is to say that nothing you've said has anything to do with my point.
My point is pretty simple: history has a habit of erasing wealth. War and revolution are the ultimate forms of wealth redistribution. And by revolution think the Russian Revolution.
- chillwaves 10y agoLoved your post, regretted reading that reply.
- nugget 10y agoModern Russian history is fascinating in this regard. In just the last hundred years (the Tsar was deposed in March 1917) they've moved from oligarchy to communism, revolution, blood shed, fanaticism, rebellion, the (relatively peaceful) breakup of an Empire, a total wealth reset, and are now back to oligarchy again.
- cletus 10y agoThe sad thing about the break up of the USSR is the brazen thievery of Russian wealth (i.e. Oil reserves and so on) in the name of privatization. Think where Russia might be today if they had a system like Norway.