Sorry Chris, I guess I just don't get it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] [Ottawadissenters] Re: Sound money
> Ed wrote: >> Chris, I didn't say the oligarghs did what they did to save Russia. All >> they did was lend the state (Yeltsin) money in return for shares as >> collateral. That's all I said. It was a stupid deal made in >> desperation. > > Russia needed cash (to avoid bankruptcy) and the oligarchs gave the cash, > so they "saved" Russia -- that's the story. But how did these Russians > get > so extremely rich in the first place? Certainly not from communism, eh? > (Or do you want to admit that they're simply the mafia, all along?) > You're confusing cause and effect, and you're mixing up the timeline. > The Russian oligarchs only became so rich AFTER the fall of communism > -- not the other way around. But the question was: What was the motive > of Soros in his important role in the fall of communism, which enabled > this re-distribution of wealth from the Russian people to a few > billionaires? > (And things like the "orange revolution" in Ukraine, or the Yugoslaw wars > in order to grab resources there, and even now the privatization wave in > Western Europe.) > > Do you see the picture? It's always profiteers manufacturing the rip-off > but then making it look like an accident (it was the invisible hand) or > even a philanthropic act. > > But let's hear the next funny excuse from neo-con PR... > > Chris > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
