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Re: Why did the USSR fall

exactly what I was thinking.

On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 09:32:18AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
>
> 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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