> Food is plentiful & inexpensive compared to the inflation that we see in America Is that why Russian TV channels are showing Putin heroically promising to "p

> Food is plentiful & inexpensive compared to the inflation that we see in America Is that why Russian TV channels are showing Putin heroically promising to "personally" "solve the issue" of egg prices? [1] Is that why Russian authorities are telling people to grow their own bananas? [2] This strongly resembles the USSR in its final days. Even the old jokes from that era are relevant once again: A man goes to a doctor and complains: "Doctor, there appears to be an issue either with my vision or my hearing." - "What makes you say that?" - "What I see doesn't match what I hear." And as to whose fault the shortages were, there was a saying "put communists in charge of the Sahara and soon enough they'll run out of sand." :) [1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-rare-apology-over-price-eggs-2023-12-14/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-rare-apology-over... [2] https://www.newsweek.com/putin-banana-ban-shortage-ecuador-ukraine-1869848 https://www.newsweek.com/putin-banana-ban-shortage-ecuador-u...