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I don't know, I thought that is what Russia did. I take it you have not spoken to your father then? He has lived through it. You have not. This is not Hollywood

I don't know, I thought that is what Russia did. I take it you have not spoken to your father then? He has lived through it. You have not. This is not Hollywood, this is not glitters and crazy drugged house flying with birds. This is real life. I asked if you remember about the lines of bread? I have not heard of any American's starving, but this is not about a comparison. That can become distracting. Let us first learn about what Russia was. Now, two things by Googling can be confirmed. There were bread lines. It went bankrupt. When you have no food you sell your assets. So how did he steal? How is he the thief and not, say Stalin? Or indeed your Mr Putin.

asciilifeform 15y ago
My parents never saw an execution, never sat in a prison camp, never quaked in fear of stoolies. Their complaints about everyday life were much the same as those of any American mired in corporate bureaucracy. All bureaucracies are largely alike. There were bread lines. It went bankrupt. Have you wondered why? And why it happened when it did? At this point, you (and all the rest of us in the USA) will be educated the old-fashioned way: by watching the same thing happen in person. It is very sad but appears to be unavoidable. Soon you will not need to bother opening a book to learn how a country goes bankrupt and begins to be famous only for bread lines and a foggily remembered past full of assorted atrocities.