RE: [OPE] The spectre of Soviet society

> The most frightening thing about the USSR was that you could have e.g. a town with a
> mayor, with shops, schools, a hospital, workplaces, amenities and facilities etc. but
> WITHOUT ANY COMMERCE.
 
 
Hi Jurriaan:
 
There were many frightening things about the USSR (including mass killings, purges and
show trials, gulags, Russification, fear of being overheard talking about politics in public, mental
hospitalization of dissidents, tanks invading neighboring socialist nations, etc.), but ... absence
of commerce? What's so frightening about that?
 
In solidarity, Jerry

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Received on Sun Sep 7 06:20:49 2008