[PEN-L:1254] Re: Re: random thoughts on russia

[boddhisatva <kbevans@xxxxxxxxx>]

		To whom...,


	There is an intriguing dynamic in Russia.  The Soviet state used
the super-democratic *ideals* of socialism to completely undermine civil
society.  Instead, they should have been creating *socialist* civil
society - a far more radical and super-democratic form.  In that the West
will never trust Russians with another dollar unless contracts are
enforceable and financial dealings are transparent, and in that these same
qualities will be necessary to engender internal credit expansion, and in
that elites have been so glaringly discredited so many times in Russia,
this may force them to embark on the creation of a civil society that will
be the equal to and might conceivably surpass the West.  I think the same
thing is possible in Cuba and for the same reason: the need for capital is
overwhelming.

	I'm sure Occam's political science razor will prevail and there
will just be a teaming up of labor and financial elites, but the dynamic
still intrigues me.



	peace