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April 8, 2013
Russia is a gangster state.
So now the average person can fight with his fists in the street over slights with another average person, and a kind of rumble of vibrancy is demonstrated.
It's not a fair fight top to bottom, of course, but the crooks that run the place are more discerning gangsters than before, and don't trifle themselves with the affairs of little people so much. And the little people make everything go, if you will but let them. That's why the lights are on, and the cars buzz here and there, and the boats full of people that don't look like beaten dogs when the newspaper boy makes his delivery go to and fro. -- Sippican Cottage: Marvelous Mockba
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Yeah, Russia went from communism to a mafia-run nation. They're no better off, just less hen pecked. Its still a tyranny, you still can't criticize the state or have any say in events, you're just less controlled.
And the mafia is a lot less concerned about international appearances. Some polonium to off an enemy is no big deal in the new Russia, no matter how bold. If you anger the mob, you get rubbed out no matter your status abroad or even where you live.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 8, 2013 11:18 AM