Re: Soviet balance sheet

[michael <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

boddhisatva wrote:

> I think it was the expansionism of the
> S.U. rather than the socialism of the S.U. that was the principal
> motivator.

The worry was that the expansion made the Soviet system seem more attractive
and undermined the legitimacy of capitalism.

> In America the year with the most strikes was 1946, as I
> remember.  I think post-war stability was the main interest.

>         As for the repression of ethnic hostilities, I think all colonial
> powers repress ethnic hostilities to some extent, if only be focusing
> resentment on themselves.

Or they use ethnic hostility to divide people.

Don't you think that the Soviets did a good job of containing the seething
cauldron of ethnic hostility; ditto for the Yugoslavs?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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