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Re: Why did the USSR fall

 Michael Perelman writes: 
>I fall half way between Chris & Lou.  A more social democratic
government could alleviate poverty a la US New Deal, but in no way
would it eliminate it.  <
 
it's not like a "more social democratic government" could have fallen from the sky. There has been no such government because the working classes in the old USSR and (now) Russia are poorly organized. Social democracy is a compromise that the ruling classes (or developing ruling classes) accept when under pressure from below. 
Jim D.
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