G'day all,
Whilst I reckon there's something to Mark's words (below), the fact is they
don't really matter like they used to. You can't beat the US strategic
might, so you have to beat their resolve (which just about any long war
would do, as long as it weren't important enough to tempt Unca Sam
Jim Devine wrote:
>
>I understand that because the military sector was so important,
> the Soviet Union was able to get beyond these difficulties in many cases,
> especially when it came to high-tech weapons. An in-law of mine, who was
> actually born in Russia, claims that the Russians still have
At 10:32 PM 5/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Louis,
>
>Not too long ago there was a discussion on your list (Marxism) about why
>the Soviet Union fell apart.
>
>I would like to suggest that the real reason was the Lada.
this is a very interesting note (though Mark Jones' criticisms largely seem
to be
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From: "Louis Proyect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Louis,
>
> Not too long ago there was a discussion on your
Louis,
Not too long ago there was a discussion on your list (Marxism) about why
the Soviet Union fell apart.
I would like to suggest that the real reason was the Lada.
I guess that all of you who have been to Cuba or Finland, the former Soviet
Union, or for that matter Canada, have seen a Lada